Good Morning Afghanistan ─ A Crusade of Words

Waseem Mahmood lost almost everything when his brother broke a confidence and filed a story in the world's highest circulating tabloid newspaper, the News of the World. He feared he would never work in broadcast media again, and history intervened with the events of 9/11, the attack on Afghanistan, and the fall of the Taliban. Headed by Mahmood, a group of local and foreign journalists responded to the events by producing a radio program based in Kabul to disseminate much-needed and, for the first time, uncensored information to the country’s people. What they end up providing is hope for a devastated land and a voice for a people long smothered by oppression. Told with searing honesty, this is a story of struggle, cruelty, and courage populated by ordinary people who risk their lives for freedom.

Waseem Mahmood is a media development consultant, specializing in post-conflict media and an award winning broadcaster. He was awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to the reconstruction of media in post war countries, and received the KAPPA award more recently for most outstanding contribution to media.