The Washington Post’s Amar C. Bakshi offers a very solid interview with my friend Ahmed Rashid conducted at his house in Lahore. Rashid is the author of Taliban (which I understand is the bestselling ...

Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, a regular guest on Fresh Air, returns to discuss developments in Pakistan, where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto died after an attack at a political rally that ...

Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid says the recent capture of Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar raises the question: Why now? "His whereabouts were known for years," says Rashid.

After 10 years of war in Afghanistan, the conflict is dragging on with no end in sight and relations between the major players have sunk to perhaps their lowest point ever — at a time when U.S. and ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. AMY GOODMAN: Ahmed Rashid, with President Obama meeting with the Pakistani prime minister, talk about the significance of this meeting, and ...

As the Taliban says it will soon declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after seizing control of the country, we discuss their history with award-winning journalist Ahmed Rashid, author of several ...

Ahmed Rashid, a leading expert on Afghanistan, says the Aug. 20 presidential election is "critically important" to achieving political stability in that country. "Political stability needs legitimacy, ...

Pakistan's leaders have said they didn't know that Osama bin Laden was living in a large house in Abbottabad, close to the nation's capital. Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, who has written ...

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the younger half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was assassinated on Tuesday. Karzai was known for making deals with many of Afghanistan's tribes, militias, and insurgent ...

Ahmed Rashid, the Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review, is the author of two recent bestsellers, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in ...

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