10 Facts About Ali Jalali

Ali Ahmad Jalali is an Afghan politician, diplomat, and academic.

Ali Jalali has been involved in politics and media for most of his life.

Ali Jalali previously served with the Voice of America for over 20 years covering Afghanistan, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East, including assignments as Director of the Afghan Radio Network Project and chief of the Dari and Pashto services.

Ali Jalali attended higher command and staff colleges in Afghanistan, the United States, United Kingdom, and Russia, and has lectured widely.

Ali Jalali successfully led the country-wide operations to protect the constitutional grand assembly in 2003, the nationwide voters' registration drive and landmark 2004 Presidential election, and the parliamentary elections in 2005.

Ali Jalali attended higher educational institutions in Afghanistan, United States, United Kingdom and Russia.

Ali Jalali's works are published in the United States, Great Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.

Ali Jalali has written extensively about the military of Afghanistan for scholarly journals and the mass media, in addition to reporting on Afghanistan and Central Asia for VOA for almost two decades.

Ali Jalali's most recent book, The Other Side of the Mountain, co-authored with Lester Grau, is an analytical review of the Mujahedin war with the Soviet forces in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989.

Ali Jalali is a frequent commentator on Afghan and regional security and developmental at US major TV networks as well as Australian National TV and Canadian CBC.