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Syed Saleem Shahzad is the Pakistan Bureau Chief of Asia Times Online (Hong Kong). He is known for his cutting edge reports and breaking stories especially on the Pakistani armed forces, Taliban and Al-Qaeda. He is an international journalist who travelled to Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Europe, USA, Lebanon, UAE and Syria. He also occasionally writes for prestigious publications like Le Monde Diplomatique (France), La Stampa (Italy) and Dawn (Pakistan). In November 2006 he was held in Taliban's captivity in Helmand Province of Afghanistan for few days, along with his interpreter. He wrote a detailed account of his days in captivity and time he spent with Taliban in a series "In the Land of the Taliban" published in Asia Times Online (www.atimes.com)
