Ahmed Rashid

Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist based in Lahore, who has covered Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia for a variety of publications since 1979. He is the author of the best selling Taliban and most recently, Descent Into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia. He writes for the Washington Post, the New York Review of Books and BBC Online. This year Foreign Policy magazine chose him as one of the world’s most important 100 Global Thinkers.

What Holbrooke Thinks

Obama’s Afghan plan left Afghans and Pakistanis with more questions than answers. Ahmed Rashid spoke with Richard Holbrooke about the region’s biggest worries.

Ahmed Rashid | Published Dec 05, 2009

The Scary Unraveling of Pakistan

As Obama announces an aggressive counterterror campaign in Afghanistan, the region’s most dangerous nation—Pakistan—gets more grim by the day. Ahmed Rashid on President Zardari’s loss of control.

Ahmed Rashid | Published Nov 30, 2009

The Pakistan Army's Political Gamble

The U.S. is on the verge of providing substantial aid to Pakistan’s struggling government—if only long-running civilian-military tensions don’t mess things up.

Ahmed Rashid | Published Oct 15, 2009