Ahmed Rashid 
Wednesday March 28
Ahmed Rashid is an award-winning author and journalist who has contributed to NPR, CNN, The Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune. Born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Rashid studied at Malvern College and Fitzwilliam College in England. After completing his education Rashid spent a decade...
Ahmed Rashid is an award-winning author and journalist who has contributed to NPR, CNN, The Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune. Born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Rashid studied at Malvern College and Fitzwilliam College in England. After completing his education Rashid spent a decade with guerrilla fighters in western Pakistan, trying to organize uprisings against Pakistan's military dictators. He then turned his attention to writing, serving as the Daily Telegraph's Pakistan-Afghanistan-Central Asia correspondent for twenty years. He is the author of several books, including "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia" (2000), "Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia" (2002), "Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia" (2008) and "Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan and Afghanistan" (2012).
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