Ahmed Rashid

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 Central Asia (Yale) and Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia (Penguin).

EconomicsJanuary 8, 2004

Rebuilding Afghanistan

After twenty-one tension-filled days of raucous speeches, poetry readings, threats, bribery and walkouts, Afghanistan’s loya jirga, held to endorse a new Constitution for Afghanistan after

Ahmed Rashid
Regions and CountriesSeptember 26, 2002

Afghanistan Imperiled

Extremist forces are making a comeback as American attention turns to Iraq.

Ahmed Rashid
Foreign PolicySeptember 27, 2001

Dispatches

The events of September 11, viewed from abroad.

Praful Bidwai , Maria Margaronis , Graham Usher , Mark Gevisser , Ahmed Rashid and Ana Uzelac
Regions and CountriesSeptember 20, 2001

Pakistan, the Taliban and the US

If Islamabad heeds Washington’s war demands, it risks internal revolt.

Ahmed Rashid
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Ahmed Rashid

EconomicsJanuary 8, 2004

After twenty-one tension-filled days of raucous speeches, poetry readings, threats, bribery and walkouts, Afghanistan’s loya jirga, held to endorse a new Constitution for Afghanistan after

Regions and CountriesSeptember 26, 2002

Extremist forces are making a comeback as American attention turns to Iraq.

Foreign PolicySeptember 27, 2001

The events of September 11, viewed from abroad.

Regions and CountriesSeptember 20, 2001

If Islamabad heeds Washington’s war demands, it risks internal revolt.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.