(talk) The U.S. Challenge in Pakistan, Afghanistan...

LECTURE by Ahmed Rashid:
"Descent into Chaos: The American Challenge in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia"

(scroll down for second lecture by Ahmed Rashid, at Harvard University)

WHEN:  Monday, October 13, 2008
              5:30 - 7:30 pm

WHERE:  Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
                Tufts University
                Cabot 206
                Medford, Mass.

ABOUT AHMED RASHID:
Ahmed Rashid is Pakistani journalist and writer.  He is the author of Taliban (2000), which was was on the New York Times bestseller list for five weeks. 
The recipient of the Nisar Osmani award for courage in journalism, Ahmed Rashid is the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia correspondent for Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph.
He also writes for the Wall Street Journal and The Nation.
He is a fellow at the Pacific Council of International Policy.  His latest book is Descent into Chaos: The American Challenge in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Directions:  fletcher.tufts.edu/directions/Default.asp
Contact:      Shahla.Hussain@tufts.edu   or  617.627.3558
Info:            ase.tufts.edu/southasian/events.asp

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SECOND LECTURE BY AHMED RASHID:
"The Return of the Taliban and the Future of Afghanistan"

Moderated by Richard Parker

DATE:   Tuesday, October 14, 2008 
             11:30 AM - 12:45 PM 
 

WHERE:   Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Kennedy School
                Taubman Building,  Nye room AB 
                Cambridge, Mass. 

Co-sponsored by:
   Initiative on Contemporary State and Society in the Islamic World
   Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies
   Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
   University Committee on Human Rights