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	Wide Angle. Hell of a Nation. Transcript \| PBS
		AHMED RASHID: Well, I think really, people like myself and a lot of experts and critics and the media were extremely demoralized that these elections were being held at this time.
		AHMED RASHID: Certainly, but I think, you know, you have a population which is 99 percent fed up and exhausted with war and warlords.
		AHMED RASHID: Oh, I think it's made a very big difference in the sense that people certainly feel that there is a -- the rule of law is not necessarily implemented, but there is a rule of law there which can be implemented.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/wideangle/shows/afghanistan/transcript.html (1640 words)

	Wide Angle. Printable Pages \| PBS
		Ahmed Rashid: Well, the warlords are really those leaders of the mujahideen who, many of them are those who fought the Soviets, who got control of territory and of large numbers of people.
		Ahmed Rashid: I don't think the Taliban are massively popular but certainly they have been able to strike a chord in the sense that the international community has not delivered the goods as it promised it would.
		Ahmed Rashid: Ismail Khan is a very powerful warlord in western Afghanistan and in recent weeks, he has been fighting other warlords of other ethnic groups and things are coming to a head, but things are coming to a head at very bad time because it's happening just before the elections.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/wideangle/printable/transcript_afghanistan_print.html (5479 words)

	Ahmed Rashid -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ahmed Rashid -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The book was updated with new material after the attacks of September 11th, 2001 and was a (additional info and facts about New York Times) New York Times bestseller for 5 weeks.
		Rashid lives in (City in northeast Pakistan) Lahore, (A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) Pakistan with his wife and two children.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ah/ahmed_rashid.htm (176 words)

	Salon Books \| "Taliban" by Ahmed Rashid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rashid was on the scene all along, covering what he calls the new "Great Game" in Central Asia, a late 20th century version of the late 19th century colonial struggle for hegemony.
		As Rashid places the Taliban in its historical and social context, he accomplishes the difficult task of maintaining a degree of empathy while still excoriating the organization as cruel, barbaric and repressive.
		Unlike some opponents of the Taliban, Rashid does not dismiss the group as a mere puppet of the neighboring state of Pakistan; he emphasizes that it is primarily an indigenous Afghan movement that, in fact, poses an imminent threat to Pakistan.
	www.salon.com /books/review/2000/04/06/rashid (864 words)

	Ahmed Rashid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rashid's 2000 book, "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia," was a New York Times bestseller for 5 weeks.
		The book was also extensively used by American analysts in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
		Ahmed Rashid lives in Lahore, Pakistan with his wife and two children.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahmed_Rashid (271 words)

	Internews.org Press Releases and Bulletins - Spring 2002 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In a whirlwind trip through Washington, DC in December, journalist Ahmed Rashid, a much sought-after expert on Afghanistan, had meetings at the White House, the National Security Council, the State Department, and the United Nations.
		Yet Rashid, correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and author of influential books on the Taliban and militant Islam, made time during his visit to meet with Internews' DC staff to discuss possibilities for supporting local media-particularly community radio-in Afghanistan.
		Ahmed Rashid is working with Internews to establish a fund to provide grants to local radio stations, revitalized television stations and newspapers, media associations and freedom of expression organizations in Afghanistan.
	www.internews.org /news/newsletter/02_02/spr02_rashid.htm (440 words)

	End Games, 10/26/2001 - The Texas Observer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1979, Rashid was in Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, sipping tea in the market, when he spotted Soviet tanks rolling into town, triggering a war that would go on for nearly a decade, claim 1.5 million Afghan lives and some 20,000 Soviet troops.
		Rashid’s reporting of events and personalities in Pakistan is minutely sourced, with references to conversations with countless intelligence and military officers, as well as U.S. diplomatic sources and documents.
		Rashid doesn’t add much to the chronology of bin Laden that has emerged in the media so far–except he manages to place him in almost constant contact with both the Saudi and Pakistani intelligence services from the time he arrived in Afghanistan.
	texasobserver.org /showArticle.asp?ArticleID=459 (2192 words)

	Ahmed Rashid
		Rashid is a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review who has covered Afghanistan's changing fortunes since the 1978 Soviet invasion...
		Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist who has spent most of his career reporting on the region--he has personally met and interviewed many of the Taliban's shadowy leaders....
		Rashid's book about the nature of local Central Asian politics and the consequences of interference by outside powers....
	www.ahmedrashid.com /books/rev1.html (178 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Books Supplement (November 2001) \| In search of the Taliban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cutting across Rashid's historical narrative of Taliban military success is an account of the ethnic and religious origins of the new movement, as well as of its organisation.
		Unsurprisingly, Rashid has not been able to discover very much concerning the latter, reporting that Mullah Omar, born probably in 1959 and originally a mujahedin fighter against Najibullah's Soviet- backed regime, issues orders written on small pieces of paper, which are then interpreted by his close advisor Mullah Wakil Ahmed.
		Finally, Rashid implies that the Taliban are the product of a near-complete social breakdown in Afghanistan, compounded by successive foreign interventions, global oil interests and the home- grown trauma of thousands of disinherited young men eager to join a militia movement that seemed to offer something other for their country than post-Soviet chaos.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2001/559/bo2.htm (1148 words)

	Amazon.com: Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia: Books: Ahmed Rashid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rashid gives an account on the various militant factions in the unsuing civil wars after the USSR collapse in each of these five countries, giving a description of their leadership, organization, and agendas.
		Rashid does not downplay the threat of fanaticism in both trends, however, he argues that there can be constructive alternatives to co-opt these trends into the political system of each country of the region.
		Rashid suggests the coalition government formed in Tajikistan of former fundamentalist rebels and the secular government as a possible model to follow by the neighboring countries to attain stability and democracy and curb terrorism.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300093454?v=glance (3151 words)

	Taliban
		Ahmed Rashid is a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph, reporting on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia.
		Rashid’s book is essentially a history of the destruction of one of the more ruggedly enduring Central Asia cultures.
		Rashid bases his account on detailed reporting and travel throughout Afghanistan and interviews with most of the Taliban’s elusive top leadership.
	yalepress.yale.edu /YupBooks/book.asp?isbn=0300089023 (1166 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Taliban: The Story of Afghan Warlords: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ahmed Rashid's Taliban: The story of the Afghan Warlords is the single best book available on the subject of the regime in Afghanistan responsible for harbouring the terrorist Osama bin Laden.
		Rashid is a Pakistani journalist who has spent most of his career reporting on the region--he has personally met and interviewed many of the Taliban's shadowy leaders.
		Rashid is for the most part an objective reporter, though his rage sometimes (and understandably) comes to the surface: "The Taliban were right, their interpretation of Islam was right, and everything else was wrong and an expression of human weakness and a lack of piety", he notes with sarcasm.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0330492217 (826 words)

	Amazon.com: Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ahmed Rashid's book "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and the Fundamentalism in Central Asia" is an excellent book for those who would like to understand the Taliban, its background, rise to power as well as US and Pakistan's support of the fundamentalist regime.
		Rashid also does a great job untangling the web of oil and gas pipelines that lie at the heart of the world's interest in the Central Asian Republics of the former USSR and Afghanistan.
		Ahmed Rashid turns out to be a serious, balanced journalist, with a very objective point of view and an almost unblinking eye for the misdeeds of governments and individuals.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300089023?v=glance (3005 words)

	The Hindu : International : I will go ahead with Srinagar visit: Rashid
		Rashid said that his visit would be a "test" between the supporters and the opponents of the peace process.
		The controversy erupted after a Pakistan daily reported quoted JKLF leader as saying that that Ahmed organised a camp for 3,500 militants at Rawalpindi when the militancy in Jammu and Kashmir was at its peak.
		Ahmed of appropriating Government lands in the name of running the militant camp.
	www.hindu.com /2005/06/17/stories/2005061714351200.htm (715 words)

	A&L News Release - Winter 2003 Lecture Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pakistan-based journalist Ahmed Rashid, recognized as one of the leading authorities on Central Asia, has appeared on numerous radio and TV news shows since 9/11, and is the author of the best-selling book Taliban.
		Rashid’s lecture will explain the roots of fundamentalist rage in Central Asia, describe the goals and activities of its militant organizations and suggest methods to neutralize the threat and bring stability to the troubled region.
		Rashid argues that without reform the region, although sitting atop vast stores of natural gas and oil, will face a future of continued poverty, religious conflict and human misery.
	www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu /archive/2002-2003/pr/rashid.asp (609 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rashid had written a good book which must be read by all people interested in Central Asian countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan and the inter-twined destinies of these countries.
		Ahmed Rashid must be considered the most knowledgeable journalist of Central Asian affairs.
		Rashid's book about Afghanistan, Taliban, is excellent because he has spent many years living in the region and he knows some local languages and has seriously studied Afghanistan's history.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0142002607 (1201 words)

	niraj: INTERVIEW WITH AHMED RASHID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ahmed Rashid, who has written extensively on issues related to Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Central Asia, believes Pakistan in the past has repeatedly tried to rewrite Afghan history for the Afghans, and that is now causing a reaction from the other side.
		"Afghans will not forgive us easily," says Ahmed Rashid, who is the author of the bestseller, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, which is now used as a course book in 220 American universities and has sold more than 750,000 copies.
		In an interview with Dawn Magazine, Rashid strongly criticized what he called the wrongdoing of successive Pakistani establishments.
	www.nirajweb.net /mt/niraj/archives/001682.html (2027 words)

	Powell's Books - Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
		Ahmed Rashid, who masterfully explained Afghanistan‛s Taliban regime in his previous book, here turns his skills as an investigative journalist to the five Central Asian republics adjacent to Afghanistan.
		In tracing the history of Central Asia and explaining the current political climate, Rashid demonstrates that it is a region we ignore at our peril.
		Ahmed Rashid is a journalist who has been covering Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia for more than twenty years.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=719&cgi=product&isbn=0300093454 (614 words)

	Q&A / Ahmed Rashid / The toughest beat in the world
		Rashid's new work, "Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia" (Yale; 281 pages; $24), portrays a region that is geographically and culturally connected to Afghanistan and yet little understood in the West.
		Rashid, 53, has covered Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia as a journalist for more than 20 years.
		The Chronicle interviewed Rashid by phone when he was in New York to speak at the World Economic Forum.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/03/03/RV151913.DTL (1302 words)

	The Survival Guide to Kabul - Ahmed Rashid
		Ahmed Rashid is the best selling author of the books Taliban and Jihad.
		Ahmed writes: I now have my own web site created skillfully for me by a Karachi company ‘ Creative Chaos.’ On it you will see videos, interviews and all my recent articles on Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia which will be updated constantly.
		July 18 2003: Ahmed also joined the authors of the Survival Guide to Kabul at a book signing at the Supreme Food Service.
	www.kabulguide.net /kbl-ahmedrashid.htm (330 words)

	AsiaSource Interview with Ahmed Rashid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ahmed Rashid is the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph, London, and has written extensively on the region for the last twenty years.
		In Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (London: IB Tauris, 2000), Mr Rashid warned the international community to ignore Afghanistan at its peril.
		In this interview, Mr Rashid discusses his new book, Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001), and the explosive situation unfolding in the region today.
	www.asiasource.org /news/special_reports/rashid.cfm (3163 words)

	Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia -- book review
		So widely respected is Rashid’s understanding of the complex political situation of the Middle East and Central Asia that such a distinguished audience as the General Assembly of the United Nations listened raptly as he offered his perspective on Afghanistan.
		Rashid feels the best hope is that a stable government will come to rule in Afghanistan so that the Central Asian republics can build oil pipelines -- “pipelines for peace,” as he calls them -- through Afghanistan to the Gulf.
		This, followed by a comprehensive strategy for the region with initiation of democratization under the auspices of the UN and the use of the oil revenue for education, employment and development, is the only way to eliminate terrorism.
	www.curledup.com /jihad.htm (908 words)

	Columbia Journalism Review: Q&A: Ahmed Rashid: A deeper look
		Ahmed Rashid has covered Afghanistan for more than twenty years.
		In the course of his work, Rashid has witnessed some of the most important moments in recent Afghan history.
		He was in Kabul when the city fell to the mujahadeen in 1992, and he witnessed the meteoric rise of the Taliban that followed.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3613/is_200111/ai_n8981650 (817 words)

	Bublos.com: Compare Book Prices ›› Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia - Ahmed Rashid - ...
		In tracing the history of Central Asia andexplaining the current political climate, Rashid demonstrates that it is a region we ignore at our peril.
		Author Biography: Ahmed Rashid is a journalist based in Lahore.
		Rashid's previous book, Taliban (published by Yale University Press), reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.
	www.bublos.net /isbn/0300093454.html (865 words)

	US Nation-Building Abroad – Part III
		In the final installment of a multi-author series on America's nation-building efforts, journalist and author Ahmed Rashid says that continuing violence and the rising death toll for both American and Afghan soldiers – and Afghan civilians – has cast doubts on whether Afghanistan will be ready to hold its first democratic elections in September.
		To the dismay of many Afghans, in some areas of the country powerful warlords are refusing to disband their personal militias, causing some to worry whether the elections will only help keep bullies in power.
		Ahmed Rashid is the author of "Taliban" and "Jihad" and is a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review for Pakistan, Central Asia and Afghanistan.
	yaleglobal.yale.edu /display.article?id=4005 (1498 words)

	Afghanistan - Prospects for Free & Independent Media: Events: U.S. Institute of Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Based in Lahore, Ahmed Rashid is the Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph in London.
		In February, Ahmed Rashid brought together the Open Society Institute, the AOL Time Warner Foundation and Internews Network to establish the Open Media Fund for Afghanistan, which provides grants to newly emerging Afghan media.
		To date, the fund has awarded over $125,000 to a diverse range of publications in Afghanistan including a children's magazine, a satirical magazine, a weekly newspaper, and a newsletter by the Loya Jirga Commission in Kabul which was published in three languages for the promotion of the Loya Jirga held in June.
	www.usip.org /events/2002/rashid_cib.html (355 words)

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		ISLAMABAD, 2 Nov 2001 (IRIN) - A well-known author and journalist on Afghan affairs, Ahmed Rashid, told IRIN on Thursday he was optimistic that the current alignment of international interest could ultimately lead to peace in Afghanistan.
		Despite vested interests re-emerging among Afghanistan's neighbours, he maintained that, exhausted by endless war, and with disruptions to the previous war economy, Afghan factions were ready to turn weapons in for a stake in the country's economic development.
		Rashid said he also expected women would have a role in a future Afghan government.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=12661&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=AFGHANISTAN (3141 words)

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