Ahmed Rashid is a journalist and best-selling foreign policy author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
10 Facts About Ahmed Rashid
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Ahmed Rashid attended Malvern College, England, Government College Lahore, and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge at Cambridge University in the late 1960s.
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Ahmed Rashid ended his guerrilla fighting days frustrated and defeated and turned his attention to writing about his homeland.
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Ahmed Rashid has been the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph for more than 20 years and a correspondent for Far Eastern Economic Review.
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Ahmed Rashid writes for The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, Daily Times and academic journals.
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Ahmed Rashid appears regularly on international TV channels and radio networks such as CNN, BBC World and many Pakistani TV channels.
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Ahmed Rashid is often sought after for advice by diplomats in Islamabad and Kabul, and by policy makers in NATO capitals and Washington.
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Ahmed Rashid is a well known and vocal critic of the Bush administration in relation to the Iraq war and its alleged neglect of the Taliban issue.
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Ahmed Rashid's commentary appears in The Washington Post's Post Global segment.
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Ahmed Rashid is married with two children and lives in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.