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Kosha Dillz, a rapper from New Jersey who made his reputation freestyling on Hollywood Boulevard, used to relish alerting his fans online so they could come support him, until he decided it wasn’t worth the risk.

It was early morning when journalist Asad Kosha received a call informing him that Taliban forces had arrived in Kabul.

Kosha had never felt more terrified.

The Sony recorder had cost Kosha $35 at a market one hot summer afternoon about five years earlier.

Kosha felt as though he was helping build a democracy.