The Boxing Girls of Kabul Kate Brooks (born 1977) is an American photojournalist who has covered the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan since September 11, 2001.
The resulting photographs[2] were published in Human Rights Watch's (HRW) report entitled "Abandoned by the State: Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages"[3] and syndicated worldwide through Saba Press Photos.
[4] Immediately after the September 11 attacks, Brooks was ordered to move to Pakistan to photograph the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the region and life in post-Taliban Afghanistan.
[5] Since then, Brooks has continued to work across the region, photographing news and the impact of conflict on civilian populations, notably the Cedar Revolution, Pakistan earthquake,[6] 2006 Lebanon war,[7] Iraqi refugee exodus, clashes in Nahr al-Bared,[8] Afghan elections,[9] aftermath of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza,[10] Swat Valley refugee crisis and protests in Tahrir Square.
Brooks has photographed military and political leaders such as former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for Time magazine,[11] President Asif Ali Zardari for The New York Times Magazine, Afghan President Hamid Karzai for GQ[12] and Time,[13] General Stanley McChrystal for The Atlantic cover story by Robert Kaplan, King Abdullah II and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri.