Musa Khan Jalalzai

Musa Khan Jalalzai is a journalist whose experience includes over 25 years of extensive research in political analysis, Afghanistan, terrorism issues, and human trafficking. His articles have been published by The New Yorker, the New York Times, and Moscow Times (English-language daily). He has published several books studying sectarian and ethnic violence, policing, and terrorism in various parts of the world, as well as the increasing crime, corruption and instability in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the region.
During the First Gulf War (1991-1993) Musa Khan Jalalzai was a research scholar at the Pakistan Institute of National Affairs focusing on Persian Gulf politics. He was Executive Director of the Daily Outlook, Afghanistan (2005-2009), and regularly publishes articles in Pakistan’s daily The Post. He has a regular column in the Daily Times (Lahore, Pakistan) and The New Nation (Bangladesh). Mr. Jalalzai has published several books with Algora focusing on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and questions of international security, law enforcement, and the global intelligence war.

Jandad Jahani

Jandad Jahani is an Afghan writer, researcher, and former university lecturer based in Berlin. His work focuses on Afghanistan’s politics, society, economy, education, and the lived experiences of Afghan people through decades of war, displacement, and political change.
Jandad Jahani has worked with Afghan and international media organizations as a reporter, editor, writer, translator, and media project manager. He has also taught economics and management at university level and remains involved in educational and cultural initiatives, including language, digital learning, and Afghan women’s education. He has completed a master’s degree from India. His writing combines political analysis, historical reflection, and human-cantered storytelling, with particular attention to state failure, social change, and the unfinished struggle for justice and dignity in Afghanistan.