He has reported from South and Central Asia, and his work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New Republic, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Washington Post and many other publications. He appears on NPR, BBC, ABC, and other news channels to discuss terrorism, Afghan and Pakistani politics, and the Taliban. Mr. Schmidle, a former fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, lived in Pakistan in 2006 and 2007. He speaks Urdu and Persian.

As a fellow of the American Strategy Program, Mr. Schmidle will be writing a book about contemporary Pakistan, to be published by Henry Holt.

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