Registan.net (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Barnett Rubin and Ahmed Rashid have co-authored an essay in the November/December issue of Foreign Affairs (not online yet). It is absolutely esential reading: unlike the vast majority of analysis on the topic (with the notable exception of Anthony Cordesman of CSIS), it is measured, rational, and compelling—especially considering the expertise of each. I’m curious [...]
PoliGazette (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Ahmed Rashid, acclaimed author and Central Asia expert, explained for the Atlantic Community that he believes that NATO should step up military efforts in Afghanistan and the United States will have to start including regional powers like Iran. If not, Rashid warned, the U.S. would lose in Afghanistan and the Taliban would come back to power. Rashid [...]
baithak (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Western forces cannot win in Afghanistan without dealing with Pakistan, but the military will only change its colours when it feels more secure vis-à-vis India, which has warm relations with President Karzai and the Tajiks in northern Afghanistan. Likewise Iran, now arming groups in Afghanistan, needs to be addressed directly by the Americans. Going back to the UN Security Council to get a new mandate...
India eNews (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid's 'Descent Into Chaos' continues to attract non-fiction readers in the city though Amitav Ghosh has slipped to number two in the fiction list with Stephanie Meyer's 'Breaking Dawn' taking the top position.
baithak (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
BOOK REVIEW: The inside track on Afghan wars by Khaled Ahmed Descent into Chaos: How the War against Islamic Extremism is being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia; By Ahmed Rashid; Allen Lane London 2008; Pp484; Price £12.99 Today, the Taliban and Mullah Umar continue to live in Balochistan, the Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda are in the Tribal Areas where they wrested...
Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid's 'Descent Into Chaos' continues to attract non-fiction readers in the city though Amitav Ghosh has slipped to number two in the fiction list with Stephanie Meyer's 'Breaking Dawn' taking the top position.
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid’s “Descent Into Chaos” continues to attract non-fiction readers in the city though Amitav Ghosh has slipped to number two in the fiction list with Stephanie Meyer’s “Breaking Dawn” taking the top position.The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are: Non-Fiction 1. “Descent Into Chaos” Author [...]
Zawya.com - Top Regional News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... objectives will be drilled in the West Manzala and the West Qantara concessions in 2008 and 2009. Ahmed Rashid Al Arbeed, Executive Director of Upstream at , commented on the new Al Tawil-1 well by saying, "This is an important discovery which proves the high potential of the Qawasim formation, resulting in significant reserves addition to the company. The exploration program in Egypt...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
In 1968, with a degree in political science from Cambridge, Ahmed Rashid began his career at the unlikeliest of places: the Balochistan Liberation Front. He could have been profitably engaged in reporting the war between the peasants on the tribal belt and the Pakistani army. Instead, he reinvented himself as a guerrilla rebel and a political strategist for an oppressed people. In the...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Ahmed Rashid argues that Pakistan faces a bleak and challenging future, months after getting a new democratic government.
Afgha.com (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Ahmed Rashid argues that Pakistan faces a bleak and challenging future, months after getting a new democratic government.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
... but reflected widespread ennui with America's military policy in neighbouring Afghanistan.Ahmed Rashid, an expert on the Taliban, said that America and Pakistan must both rethink their strategies in the conflict.He said that the Pakistani military had underestimated the power of the jihadis and the danger they posed to the Pakistani state.He added that under Mr Zardari's predecessor,...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
... but reflected widespread ennui with America's military policy in neighbouring Afghanistan. Ahmed Rashid, an expert on the Taliban, said that America and Pakistan must both rethink their strategies. He said the Pakistani military had underestimated the power of the jihadis and the danger they posed to the Pakistani state. He added that under Mr Zardari's predecessor Pervez Musharraf...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
... has used 80 percent of it to buy weapons better used against India," such as fighter jets, says Ahmed Rashid, a political analyst in Lahore. "It has not gone to [building up] civil society [in the tribal areas], it has not gone to changing part of the Pakistani Army to fight an insurgency." Adding to the sense of distrust within the Beltway is a growing conviction that elements of...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
... is sufficient, since it's unclear whether the country's powerful military shares that view.Ahmed Rashid, a Pakistan-based journalist who has covered the region for three decades and written a number of books on militancy and state building in South and Central Asia, said President Zardari's biggest "battles" are not with his Afghan counterpart -- and won't be won overnight.He said...
