Ahmed Rashid

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Ahmed Rashid
Ahmed Rashid speaking at a Chatham House event in January 2014
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Occupation(s)Journalist, author

Ahmed Rashid (Urdu:احمد رشید; born 1948 in Rawalpindi) is a Pakistani journalist and best-selling foreign policy author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.

Life and career

Rashid was born in

Cambridge University in the late 1960s.[1]

After graduating, Rashid spent ten years in the hills of

Ayub Khan and Yahya Khan. He ended his guerrilla fighting days frustrated and defeated and turned his attention to writing about his homeland.[1]

He has been the

BBC World and many Pakistani TV channels.[2] Rashid is often sought after for advice by diplomats in Islamabad and Kabul, and by policy makers in NATO capitals and Washington."[1]

He is a well known and vocal critic of the

September 11, 2001 attacks, "an astonishing number for an academic press."[1] The book was used extensively by American analysts in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.[4] Rashid charged that former President George W. Bush plagiarized his work in writing his memoirs.[5]

His commentary also appears in The Washington Post's Post Global segment. "Rashid is a regular columnist for leading national and international publications and a frequent guest on NPR's (National Public Radio) Fresh Air."[6]

"An expert on the Taliban -- until 9/11 he knew them better than almost any outsider -- Mr. Rashid has over the decades turned out to be something of a prophet in the region, though mostly of the Cassandra type, issuing repeated warnings that are ignored by policy makers."[1]

Ahmed Rashid is married with two children and lives in

Punjab, Pakistan.[7]

Selected works

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Jane Perlez (5 July 2008). "Frontier Years Give Might to Ex-Guerrilla's Words (Ahmed Rashid profile)". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ State of play: In conversation with Ahmed Rashid (an interview) The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 29 March 2015, Retrieved 21 January 2019
  3. ^ Wide-ranging Radio Netherlands' interview with Ahmed Rashid about Afghanistan
  4. ^ Scott Baldauf (23 May 2012). "With Ambassador Ryan Crocker's exit, a chance for a new approach to Afghanistan". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ^ Lawson, Alastair (16 November 2010). "Pakistani journalist upset by George Bush 'plagiarism'". BBC News. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. ^ Great Conversations program on Public Broadcasting System (US) - 'Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan on the Brink' Archived 18 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine Program Aired on 24 June 2012, Retrieved 21 January 2019
  7. ^ "Biography | Ahmed Rashid".

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