Holt began her career with the BBC , working on '' Breakfast News '' and BBC News 24 . Her first field experiences were in Kosovo , documenting the effects of the conflict on the civilian population . From there she went on to write her first investigative report which uncovered the trafficking of young girls from Eastern Europe into Bosnia and on to the UK . This work was published as a cover feature in '' The Sunday Times Magazine '' and in '' The Observer '' . '' It was the first time the issue of trafficking of women from Eastern Europe for sexual purposes was exposed '' . '' In 1999 , Holt moved to Nairobi , Kenya , to cover news events throughout East and West Africa . In 2001 , after the September 11 attacks in the US , Holt travelled to Pakistan and documented the influx of refugees over the border form Afghanistan as US and British troops closed in on the Taliban . In 2003 , Holt traveled into Iraq with the first medical convoy to offer support to both Basra and Nazariyah as the coalition troops toppled Saddam Hussein
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Kate Holt