Radio Free Afghanistan

'Saad Mohseni is one of the most remarkable figures in modern Afghanistan – brave, entrepreneurial, with a knack for imagining the impossible – he transformed the Afghan media landscape and brought serious news, and exceptional entertainment to millions in the most testing circumstances imaginable' Rory Stewart 'Radio Free Afghanistan is the extraordinary memoir of a remarkable man. It is also the ultimate insider's guide to the recent history of Afghanistan: witty, wise, frank and perceptive, more than any other book book it reveals the reasons for the failure of the western attempt to impose democracy in Afghanistan and gives an incredibly intimate portrait of the men who have shaped that tragic history' William Dalrymple 'Saad Mohseni did more to change Afghanistan than any single person, and more than all the diplomats and soldiers combined. This fine book tells the story of how one man and the company he created brought a benighted country into the modern age' Dexter Filkins 'A start-up tale like no other. Saad Mohseni’s memoir is a skeleton key not only to the war in Afghanistan, but global media, diplomacy and development in the 21st century. A gift for historians, both passionate and knowing – and a page-turner to boot’ Nick McDonnell