Rashid was born in
Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He attended
Malvern College,
England,
Government College Lahore, and
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge at
Cambridge University in the late 1960s. at the
Halifax International Security Forum He has been the
Pakistan,
Afghanistan and
Central Asia Correspondent for
The Daily Telegraph for more than 20 years and a correspondent for
Far Eastern Economic Review. He also writes for
The Wall Street Journal,
The Nation,
Daily Times (Pakistan) and academic journals. He appears regularly on international TV channels and radio networks such as
CNN,
BBC World and many Pakistani TV channels. Rashid is often sought after for advice by diplomats in Islamabad and Kabul, and by policy makers in NATO capitals and Washington." was a
New York Times bestseller for five weeks, translated into 22 languages, and has sold 1.5 million copies since the
September 11, 2001 attacks, "an astonishing number for an academic press." Rashid charged that former president
George W. Bush plagiarized his work in writing his memoirs. His commentary also appears in ''
The Washington Post's'' Post Global segment. "Rashid is a regular columnist for leading national and international publications and a frequent guest on NPR's (National Public Radio) Fresh Air." "An expert on the Taliban -- until 9/11 he knew them better than almost any outsider -- Mr. Rashid has over the decades turned out to be something of a prophet in the region, though mostly of the Cassandra type, issuing repeated warnings that are ignored by policy makers." ==Selected works==