Testimonials

John Simpson

The renowned journalist, author, and BBC's World Affairs Editor, John Simpson, has been travelling to Afghanistan for nearly 30 years. He has seen the country during the soviet occupation, the Taliban takeover and the US led international intervention. In the video John Simpson tours Afghanaid projects.

Video coming soon.

Ahmed Rashid

Renowned Pakistani journalist and best-selling author, Ahmed Rashid, is a great supporter of Afghanaid and the work it doesin Afghanistan. As a leading expert on the political afffairs in Afghanistan, as well as Pakistan, Ahmed Rashid has an extensive and insightful knowledge of the region's politics and troubles, and the ways in which western interventionist policies may pave a way for terror or peace in the country.

At a special Afghanaid speaking event in central London, Ahmed Rashid commended Afghanaid for its success in differentiating itself from other NGO's in order to make a real difference to people's lives in Aghanistan:

"I've been associated with Afghanaid ever since they set up shop in Peshawara [Pakistan] in the early 1980s......Its always been a great organisation because it has always tried to address the core issues of people's needs. It has always kept its overheads much lower than most other aid organisations, and it has had some very competent people working in it".

Konnie Huq

Konnie Huq was a long time host of Blue Peter and the host of Afghanaid's BBC lifeline appeal in 2008. Here she talks about child birth in Afghanistan.