Muhammad Tahir

Muhammad Tahir is currently a Washington Correspondent at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), while in DC, Muhammad mainly covers events relevant to his target region of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. Prior to this position, he served as a staff correspondent and editor at the Turkmen Service of RFE/RL. From 1999-2002 Muhammad worked as a chief correspondent in Pakistan and Afghanistan at Turkish Television News Agency (IHA) and is author of Illegal Dating; A Journey Into The Private Life Of Iran.

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Radical Islam Takes a Front Seat In Central Asia

10.31.2011 Muhammad Tahir

Kazakhstan’s President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, signed a tough religious law on October 13, which, among other aspects, bans prayer rooms in state buildings and requires re-registration...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Central Asia

The Future Of The Turkmen Opposition In Exile

06.10.2011 Muhammad Tahir

At a time when protesters are taking down the governments of long-serving authoritarian rulers in Middle Eastern and North African countries, opposition movements in the...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Central Asia

Fueling the Taliban: Poppies, Guns and Insurgents

07.10.2008 Muhammad Tahir

Afghanistan has rarely been absent recently from the international press, but developments in the country have once more brought it to the world’s attention. According...

Publication Terrorism Monitor South Asia

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Return to the Afghan Insurgency

05.29.2008 Muhammad Tahir

The Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Party of Afghanistan, or HIA), sidelined from Afghan politics since the fall of the mujahideen regime to the Taliban in the...

Publication Terrorism Monitor South Asia