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1. Name: Ahmed Rashid
2. Title: Journalist and author of four nonfiction books
3. Biography: Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist based in Lahore, and writes for The Daily Telegraph (London), The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, The New York Review of Books, BBC Online, and The Nation.

He is a well-known and vocal critic of the Bush administration in relation to the Iraq war its alleged neglect of the Taliban issue.

Rashid's 2000 book, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, was a New York Times bestseller for five weeks, translated into 22 languages, and has sold 1.5 million copies since the September 11, 2001 attacks. The book was used extensively by American analysts in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
4. Involvement/Affiliations: Regular contributing journalist for:
  • The New York Times
  • The Financial Times
  • The International Herald Tribune
  • The New York Review of Books
  • BBC Online
  • The Nation
  • The National Interest
Regularly appears on:
  • NPR
  • CNN
  • BBC World Service
5. Education:
  • Malvern College, England
  • Government College Lahore
  • Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
6. Published Works:
  • Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia, 2002
  • The Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or Nationalism? (Politics in Contemporary Asia), 1995
  • Descent Into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, 2009
  • Taliban: Miltant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, 2010
7. Contact Info: Email:  review@brain.net.pk