Behind Russian Lines: An Afghan Journal

by Sandy Gall

"In the summer of 1982, I took a television team into Afghanistan because I felt the guerrilla war against the Russian occupation was almost totally unreported in the West... The journey back was even more hazardous - it was easily the toughest assignment of my 30 years in journalism."

Genres: History

194 pages, Hardcover

First published October 23, 1986

About the author

Henderson Alexander Gall was a Scottish journalist, author and Independent Television News (ITN) news presenter whose career as a journalist spanned more than 50 years. He began his career in journalism as a sub-editor at the Aberdeen Press and Journal in 1952 and became a foreign correspondent for the Reuters international news agency from 1953 to 1963. Gall joined ITN as a foreign reporter and troubleshooter in 1963, and also worked as a newscaster on News at Ten between 1970 and 1991. He was the Rector of the University of Aberdeen from 1978 to 1981 and founded the Sandy Gall's Afghanistan Appeal charity with his wife in 1986.