Rahimullah Yusufzai on the Taliban, Al-Qaida and the ‘Af-Pak’ theatre
February 21st, 2010 § Leave a Comment
Kudos to The Real News for giving its viewers an opportunity to listen to Rahimullah Yusufzai, the most respected authority on the politics of the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier. Yusufzai was also among our 20 Top Global Media Figures of 2009.
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Rahimullah Yusufzai is a leading Pakistani journalist, and a senior editor and Peshawar bureau chief with The News International, an English newspaper from Pakistan. Rahimullah has served as a correspondent for Time Magazine, BBC World Service, BBC Pashto, BBC Urdu, Geo-TV, and ABC News. Mr. Yousufzai has interviewed Usama bin Ladin, Mullah Omar, and a range of other militants across the tribal areas of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Rahimullah joins us from Pakistan
