Saleem Safi

Safi was born on 7 March 1968. He belongs to the Mulagore tribe and hails from the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. He graduated from the University of Peshawar and is based in Islamabad. ==Career==

Safi specialises in issues concerning Afghan conflict, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan's tribal areas. He hosts Jirga, a talkshow on Geo. He also writes columns for the Urdu language newspaper Daily Jang and the English language The News International. He has hosted current affairs programmes, Saleem Safi Kay Saath on TV channels such as PTV News, He has also written columns for the Daily Jang, an Urdu language newspaper. He is often invited as a commentator on BBC News and Voice of America's Pashto language programs as an expert on Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. ==Awards and recognition==

• PTV Award for 'Best Compere of Current Affairs' TV program in 2002. == Books ==

• ''Afghanistan: US, Taliban, Aur Pakistan Ki Deeni Juma'aton Ka Kirdar'' (Afghanistan: The role of US, Taliban and Pakistan's religious parties) • Dirty War 2001–2023 پاکستان میں دہشت گردی کے خلاف جنگ کی چشم دید اور چشم کشا کہانی ==References==