Lyse Doucet

I have been worried sick about how she will get home. She is a wonderful, brave lady who always reports without sensationalism.

Every time I see her I worry about her safety. How will she get out. I admire her so much. Her achievements to date are amazing and inspiring.

ixion great thread.
I absolutely agree with all the comments in support and praise of Lyse Doucet.

She is an excellent reporter, calm, clear, articulate and intelligent. We used to listen to her reports on the BBC World Service long before she was on the television news.

I am sure she will have a plan to get safely out of Afghanistan, but it’s a precarious situation. I wish her well.

I do worry about her mental health, she must have seen some terrible things in all the years she has been reporting from the front line of so many conflicts. I wonder where she will go next? Perhaps she would find a “normal” life a bit tame. I certainly wish her well, she is an excellent reporter although I can never quite place her accent.

I recently watched "Under the wire" on IPlayer, one of the wonderful Storyville documentaries.
It's the story of the war correspondent Marie Colvin and her mission to tell the story of the civilians trapped in Syria.

A very brave and outstanding woman.

I was also wondering about how she'd get out but perhaps the Taliban are on their best behaviour for the time being.
I think CNN still have a female reporter there too.
I hope both are allowed safe passage very soon.

I think these reporters have cunning plans. Secunder Kamani was strolling around Kabul during the worst of it, reporting live. Then suddenly he was in Doha and just as suddenly back in Kabul. All live reporting.

agree with rafichagran give Lyse credit for knowing when to stay and when to leave

So brave to be out there reporting - I can’t imagine wanting to do that job. Hope she stays safe.

She is amazing. I admire her so much....

She is a complete professional. This is her job. She will know a lot more from being there than being here. I couldn’t understand the comment about treating “gander” & “goose” equally. Women are never treated “equally” by Taliban. She must be at extra risk of being a target.

She is fantastic,her reports are good. I would let this intelligent woman make her own desitions.
She will know when the time is right for her to get out.

SueDonim

Lyse Doucet’s reports are always interesting but I rather thought this one could have been done from anywhere. It was pitch black in the background and lent nothing to setting the scene.

I hope working for the BBC gives her a degree of protection, though it could equally make her a target.

I think the last part of your post is a very real danger.
On 6 June 2004, while reporting from Al-Suwaidi, a district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Frank Gardner was shot six times and seriously injured in an attack by al-Qaida gunmen. One of Gardner's spinal nerves was hit in the attack and he was left partially paralysed in the legs. This was no accidental injury but a targeted attack and I fear Lyse Doucet may be similarly targeted with the additional” provocation”(in the eyes of the Taliban) of being a woman

Lyse Doucet’s reports are always interesting but I rather thought this one could have been done from anywhere. It was pitch black in the background and lent nothing to setting the scene.

I hope working for the BBC gives her a degree of protection, though it could equally make her a target.

Surely she'd be safe enough? Such a high profile media person would be worth the Taliban's while to suck up to as part of their charm offensive. Of course she's not daft! I hope she's safely home soon.
A friend's son, a photographer, was shot dead in the street in Iraq. No one ever found who did it. Just a random shooting of a Westerner. Bad times in bad places.

I have also been wondering how and when she will come home. She is such a professional and I have the utmost respect for her.

i have every respect for her
she is very professional and does deserve an award

i was wondering whether not having a family or husband back home makes her more attached to her job while disregarding her own safety
i am only saying this because i went to a talk by John Simpson about 10 years ago
he said it was the thought of his young son that made him take fewer risks and eventually reasses
and he hated being told by the teacher that his son went all quiet and withdrawn when his dad was away

Lyse Doucet is most accomplished and I watch her reports whenever they're aired, she's professional and her reports are wonderfully worded to paint a picture of the chaotic situation she finds herself in. I pray that she and other brave journos are safe and left alone by the now controlling forces.( Lyse puts me in mind of the great Kate Adie, from a wardrobe......somewhere...... getting shot at....)
Lyse Deserves a medal for sure.

Watching the BBC this morning and it was mentioned that commercial flights to and from Kabul will resume now so I expect she will get a flight out when her job is done.

She is an excellent reporter. I hope she makes a safe return home.

Just as dangerous for any foreign, especially European or US, men still reporting from Afghanistan. Sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose these days and all should be treated equally.

Yes I agree I have been saying she must get out now far too risky.

But this is what these reporters do.

In the opening scene of Bearing Witness, the 2005 documentary by Barbara Kopple that examines the work of women war correspondents in Iraq during the Second Gulf War, Al Jazeera journalist May Ying Welsh explains why she was at a dangerous flashpoint in international conflict. “Who was going to be here to witness this?” she asks.

I really don't need Lyse Doucet to take these risks for me.
Enough.
Please return.

She's done a great job and I hope she gets out safely.