https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the Ahmed Rashid category en-us Tue, 26 May 2026 06:31:28 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840191-britain-may-be-swamped-with-cheap-heroin "The world faces a new flood of Afghan heroin at throwaway prices as local drug dealers and the Taliban rapidly dispose of their stocks because of the threat of war and the need to raise money. Prices of opium, the raw material for heroin, have fallen by 80 per cent in the past three weeks." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. Tue, 12 May 2026 06:44:33 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840191 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840187-optimistic-talks-with-former-king "Delicate negotiations on a post-Taliban regime were under way yesterday as Afghanistan's former king, pro-Western guerrilla leaders and American congressmen began talks in Rome." Bruce Johnston in Rome and Ahmed Rashid in Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. Mon, 11 May 2026 04:47:57 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840187 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840206-silk-road-mined-and-blocked-by-rebel-tribesmen Criticisms from Pakistani officials of the continued bombardment of Afghanistan which is showing few results, and criticisms from the US of Pakistan's inability to mobilise defectors among the Taliban. Philip Smucker in Peshawar and Ahmed Rashid in Islamabad. Daily Telegraph, UK. Sat, 02 May 2026 03:02:22 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840206 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840202-former-kings-loyalists-try-to-stir-rebellion Two prominent Afghan Pathan commanders have gone to southern Afghanistan to raise a rebellion against the Taliban. Daily Telegraph, UK. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:32:42 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840202 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840204-a-warm-and-charismatic-man-with-little-desire-for-power Eulogy for the murdered Abdul Haq, whom Ahmed Rashid knew for over 20 years. Daily Telegraph, UK. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:51:56 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840204 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840192-newstelegraphcouk-taliban-in-key-defeat-as-rebels-turn-to-ex "UN, US and EU diplomats are also in Rome to persuade the former king and the United Front to come to an agreement covering military strategy and the composition of the post-Taliban government." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:49:18 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840192 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840170-us-lacks-knowledge-to-launch-land-war "The lack of intelligence stems from Washington's decision effectively to ignore developments in Afghanistan from 1989 after Moscow withdrew its forces." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:21:19 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840170 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840178-arab-militants-flee-kabul-as-tension-rises "'Bin Laden may have used the murder of Massoud as a means to win support with the Taliban at the precise moment he knew he would need that support most, because he [bin Laden] was also planning the bombings in the US,' said a Western diplomat. 'But I doubt he told the Taliban about the US bombings, which is why they are so shocked.'" From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:18:28 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840178 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840173-afghan-resistance-chief-hurt-by-camera-bomb "Massoud was giving an interview in his office to a group of Arab journalists who had arrived from Kabul. When they started filming, the camera exploded." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:09:54 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840173 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7840193-talk-to-outsiders-and-youll-die-say-taliban "The international community has virtually isolated the Taliban regime: Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic relations with Kabul yesterday. However, the Taliban are also trying to isolate themselves, so that US forces do not gain defence intelligence." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. Sat, 20 Sep 2025 01:56:25 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7840193