Ahmed Rashid at the Commonwealth Club
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Pakistani journalist and best-selling author Ahmed Rashid discusses U.S. policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, arguing that the U.S. must take on the task of nation-building if there is any hope of peace in the region.
Rashid is the author of "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia," a book used extensively by American analysts in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. His latest book is "Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia."
Rashid was a featured guest at the Commonwealth Club of California.
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