Afghan-born Yalda Hakim talks about reporting from the frontline

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Journalism is this BBC World News presenter’s life’s calling.

I don't take “no” for an answer,” says BBC World News presenter and journalist Yalda Hakim, firmly. “When someone tells me something can’t be done, I refuse to believe it. I won’t accept it. There is always a way ... it might take a month, six months or a few years, but anything is possible if you stick to it and work at it. If I could gain access to Bagram (the maximum security prison just outside Kabul, Afghanistan), I believe anything is possible,” she says in an interview while on a brief visit to Kuala Lumpur last month.