Speaker Profile
Ahmed Rashid is a journalist and author based in Lahore who writes extensively on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia and accompanying US and NATO policies in the region. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times, the New York Times, the New York Review of Books and many other journals and a regular commentator on the BBC and CNN. Rashid is the author of five books including bestsellers Taliban, Descent into Chaos, The Resurgence of Central Asia - Islam or Nationalism, and Jihad -the rise of militant Islam in Central Asia. His most recent book is Pakistan on the Brink - The Future of Pakistan, Afghanistan and America. His books have been translated into over 40 languages and are course books at over 200 universities and defence colleges. He has won numerous internationally awards and been appointed to many international committees and boards dealing with human rights, media freedom and the South Asia region.