Ahmed Rashid, a journalist and an expert on Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central and South Asia relations, recently spoke at the University of Pennsylvania and he discussed the current situation in the Afghan region and his views for solving the seemingly unsolvable conflict. He began by noting that the region faces a quickly deteriorating “military, economic and humanitarian situation”. He also notes that the Taliban is “no longer an Afghan phenomenon”.

Fox News and CNN might do themselves a favor and interview this guy since it’s apparent nobody in the mainstream US media can accurately report on the region. Read the details of his speech here…