Ahmed Rashid

Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist and writer. He is the author of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia and Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, which is published this month. He is a BBC contributor and writes for the Daily Telegraph and the International Herald Tribune. (June 2008)

From the Review

June 12, 2008: Jihadi Suicide Bombers: The New Wave

Inside the Jihad: My Life with Al Qaeda, A Spy's Story by Omar Nasiri

Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of al-Qaida Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri by Brynjar Lia

Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practice by Michael Bonner

The Five Front War: The Better Way to Fight Global Jihad by Daniel Byman

Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan by Antonio Giustozzi

The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan edited by Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi

Winning the Right War: The Path to Security for America and the World by Philip H. Gordon

October 5, 2006: The Wrong Company (letter)

June 22, 2006: Afghanistan: On the Brink

Afghanistan's Uncertain Transition from Turmoil to Normalcy a report by Barnett R. Rubin

Kabul in Winter: Life without Peace in Afghanistan by Ann Jones

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

May 27, 2004: The Rise of bin Laden

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

February 12, 2004: The Mess in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Bonn Agreement One Year Later: A Catalog of Missed Opportunities by Human Rights Watch

"We Want to Live as Humans": Repression of Women and Girls in Western Afghanistan by Human Rights Watch

All Our Hopes Are Crushed: Violence and Repression in Western Afghanistan by Human Rights Watch

"Killing You Is a Very Easy Thing for Us": Human Rights Abuses in Southeast Afghanistan by Human Rights Watch

The Situation in Afghanistan and Its Implications for International Peace and Security by Kofi Annan to the General Assembly of the United Nations

Afghanistan: Are We Losing the Peace? by an Independent Task Force cosponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society

October 10, 2002: Pakistan on the Edge

Pakistan: The Eye of the Storm by Owen Bennett Jones

Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan by Mary Anne Weaver