Pakistan: A Personal History
Ed Husain reviews Imran Khan's Pakistan.
Speaker: Ahmed Rashid, Correspondent, Far Eastern Economic Review
Presider: Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
May 3, 2012
Leading Pakistani journalist and bestselling author Ahmed Rashid analyzes the current state of Afghanistan and Pakistan, prospects for U.S. government negotiation with the Taliban, and the potential ramifications of U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
This was a meeting of the Civil Society, Democracy, and Countering Radicalism Roundtable.
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Ed Husain reviews Imran Khan's Pakistan.
Ed Husain reviews Imran Khan's Pakistan: A Personal History.
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