Ahmed Rashid

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born

June 09, 1948 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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male

website

http://www.ahmedrashid.com/

genre

Nonfiction, Politics, History

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Son of Ahmed (an engineer) and Piari (a homemaker) Rashid; married Angeles Espino Perez- Hurtado, 1982; children: Raphael, Sara Bano. Education: Attended Government College, Lahore, Pakistan, 1966- 68, and Cambridge University, 1968-70; earned B.A. and M.A. Religion: Muslim. Addresses: Homeoffice: Lahore Cant., Pakistan. E-mail: review@brain.net.pk.

Career: Journalist and broadcaster. Correspondent for Daily Telegraph, London, England, and formerly for Far Eastern Economic Review, Hong Kong; broadcaster for international radio and television networks such as British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable News Network. Member, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist and best-selling author. Rashid attended Malv...more

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Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

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The leading journalist on Pakistan lays out America's options with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the post-Bin Laden years.

The leading journalist on Pakistan lays out America's options with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the post-Bin Laden years.

What are the possibilities-and hazards-facing America as it withdraws from Afghanistan and as it reviews its long engagement in Pakistan? Where is t...

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Books by Ahmed Rashid

Average rating: 3.86 · 1,618 ratings · 288 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia 3.89 avg rating — 823 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Descent into Chaos: The United States & the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan & Central Asia 3.91 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 2007 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia 3.61 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Resurgence Of Central Asia: Islam Or Nationalism? 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Fragile Future 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Louder than Bombs: Interviews from The Progressive Magazine by David Barsamian, Angela Y. Davis, Vandana Shiva 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Ahmed Rashid

“Afghanistan is not only the mirror of the Afghans: it is the mirror of the world. 'If you do not like the image in the mirror, do not break the mirror, break your face,' says an old Persian proverb.”
― Ahmed Rashid, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

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