Daud junbish biography

Daud Junbish is a BBC journalist.^[1][2] He is one of the few journalists in the world who has met former Taliban chief Mullah Omar, and has interviewed him on multiple occasions.^[3] He is the author of What Is Really Happening in Afghanistan?, 24 Hours That Turned Afghanistan Around, and Red Army in Afghanistan.^[2]

Life and career

Junbish completed his PhD from Moscow State University in the area of journalism.^[4]

Junbish joined BBC Moscow in as a reporter.

He subsequently became a senior editor with BBC Radio for their Afghanistan service.^[5] Currently, he works with BBC's Afghanistan service as a producer.^[4]

One of Junbish's most notable meetings was in , when he met the then Taliban head, Mullah Omar.

Over the next few years, Junbish interviewed Omar multiple times for BBC.^[3] In August , the BBC program The Fifth Floor interviewed Junbish in a special feature, coverin