Tha Hal Boyle Award 2010

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, left, and Joshua Partlow

With great writing and deep reporting, The Washington Post series captured the war in Afghanistan, from the seeming futility of the U.S. offensive and the challenges American soldiers faced on the ground in Marja to the Taliban forces moving into Zabul and the bizarre allegiances the U.S. has made with regional tribal leaders. In this rich body of work, Chandrasekaran and Partlow captured the tragedy of Afghanistan’s war.