Ayesha Khan
Ayesha Khan is an associate fellow working on the Asia programme at Chatham House. Among her areas of expertise are: UN engagement and post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan; Afghan politics and society; tribal areas in Pakistan; and dimensions of regional security.
Obama's high-risk Afghan plan
The proposed troop increase will intensify the conflict, but whether it will quell the insurgency is questionable, says Ayesha Khan
(Web specials) 02/12/2009
