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journalist. He is one of the few journalists in the world who has met former

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...

chief

Mullah Omar Mullah Muhammad Omar (; –April 2013) was an Afghan Islamic revolutionary who founded the Taliban and served as the supreme leader of Afghanistan from Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001), 1996 to 2001. Born into a religious family of ...

, and has interviewed him on multiple occasions. He is the author of ''What Is Really Happening in Afghanistan?'', ''24 Hours That Turned Afghanistan Around'', and ''Red Army in Afghanistan''.

Life and career

Junbish completed his PhD from

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

in the area of journalism. Junbish joined BBC Moscow in 1994 as a reporter. He subsequently became a senior editor with

BBC Radio BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering th ...

for their Afghanistan service. Currently, he works with BBC's Afghanistan service as a producer. One of Junbish's most notable meetings was in 1996, when he met the then Taliban head,

. Over the next few years, Junbish interviewed Omar multiple times for BBC. In August 2015, the BBC program ''The Fifth Floor'' interviewed Junbish in a special feature, covering the range of interviews Junbish had held with Omar. Over his career with BBC, Junbish has written a number of books on Afghanistan, including ''What Is Really Happening in Afghanistan?'', ''24 Hours That Turned Afghanistan Around'', and ''Red Army in Afghanistan''. He has also written two textbooks for

Kabul University Kabul University (KU; prs, دانشگاه کابل, translit= Dāneshgāh-e-Kābul; ps, د کابل پوهنتون, translit=Da Kābul Pohantūn) is one of the major and oldest institutions of higher education in Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd ...

's journalism faculty.

''Open Jirga''

Junbish is the presenter for the BBC program ''Open Jirga'', a show featuring a panel discussion amongst notable personalities combined with audience questions. The show is funded by the UK government's

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and is jointly produced by the Afghan service of BBC,

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, and

Radio Television Afghanistan National Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA; ps, ''Da Afġanistan Mīlī Radīo Telvizoon'', fa, ''Rādīo Telvizoon-e Mīlī-e Afġānestān'', branded as ملی (meaning ''national'')) is the public-broadcasting organization of Afghanista ...

. Junbish, who launched the show in 2012 as a weekly series, has invited and featured prominent personalities like Sulaiman Layeq and

Mohammad Mohaqiq Haji Muhammad Mohaqiq ( prs, حاجی محمد محقق; born 26 July 1955 in Balkh) is a politician in Afghanistan, who served as a member of the Afghanistan Parliament. He is also the founder and chairman of the People's Islamic Unity Party of ...

in the discussion panels. The issues taken up by Junbish in various episodes have been praised by various international media. BBC described the third edition of the show, hosted by Junbish, as including a "ground-breaking exchange". The Junbish-hosted series became so successful that

Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...

, then the

President of Afghanistan The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was constitutionally the head of state and head of government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) and Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Armed Forces. On 15 August 2021, as t ...

, sought an invitation to the show (Karzai was subsequently invited and appeared therein). Junbish's show is credited with influencing government and civil society action on various national and regional issues. ''

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'' reported that over 2 to 3 million people were regular viewers of the show, a high figure for a nation with a population of around 30 million.

References

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