Book Talk: Afghanistan Insiders at CSIS

March 9, 2010

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2010 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) will host a discussion with Roy Guttman, Foreign Editor for McClatchy Newspapers and author of How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban and the Hijacking of Afghanistan, and Dr. Nadir Atash, author of Turbulence: The Tumultuous Journey of One Man’s Quest to Bring Change to Afghanistan.  They will discuss how critical the understanding of a country’s history, culture, and people are to formulating U.S. policy, and an assessment of the current counterinsurgency and reintegration efforts.  

WHEN/WHERE: Wednesday, March 10, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
CSIS B1 Conference Center (1800 K Street, NW)

Mr. Guttman and Dr. Atash will take questions from the audience after their remarks.      

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org

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H. Andrew Schwartz
CSIS
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