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DaudJunbishisaBBCjournalist.[1][2][3]Heisoneofthe
fewjournalistsintheworldwhohasmetwithformerTaliban
chiefMullahOmar,andhasinterviewedhimonmultiple
occasions.[4]HeistheauthorofWhatIsReallyHappeningIn
Afghanistan?,24HoursThatTurnedAfghanistanAround,
andRedArmyInAfghanistan.[3]

Lifeandcareer

DaudJunbish
Nationality

Afghan

Occupation

Journalist

Yearsactive

1994

Knownfor

MullahOmarinterviews

Notablework

OpenJirga

JunbishcompletedhisPh.DfromMoscowStateUniversityintheareaofjournalism.[5]
JunbishjoinedBBCMoscowin1994asareporter.HesubsequentlybecameasenioreditorwithBBCRadio
fortheirAfghanistanservice.[6]Currently,heworkswithBBC'sAfghanistanserviceasaproducer.[5]
OneofJunbish'smostnotablemeetingswasin1996,whenhemetthethenTalibanhead,MullahOmar.Over
thenextfewyears,JunbishinterviewedOmarmultipletimesforBBC.[4]InAugust2015,theBBCprogram
TheFifthFloorinterviewedJunbishinaspecialfeature,coveringtherangeofinterviewsJunbishhadheldwith
Omar.[4]
OverhiscareerwithBBC,JunbishhaswrittenanumberofbooksonAfghanistan,includingWhatIsReally
HappeningInAfghanistan?,24HoursThatTurnedAfghanistanAround,andRedArmyInAfghanistan.[3]He
hasalsowrittentwotextbooksforKabulUniversity'sjournalismfaculty.[5]

OpenJirga
JunbishisthepresenterfortheBBCprogramOpenJirga,[5]ashowfeaturingapaneldiscussionamongst
notablepersonalitiescombinedwithaudiencequestions.[7]TheshowisfundedbytheUKgovernment's
DepartmentforInternationalDevelopment[8]andisjointlyproducedbytheAfghanserviceofBBC,BBC
MediaAction,andRadioTelevisionAfghanistan.[7]Junbish,wholaunchedtheshowin2012asaweekly
series,[9]hasinvitedandfeaturedprominentpersonalitieslikeSulaimanLayeqandMohammadMohaqiqinthe
discussionpanels.[7]
TheissuestakenupbyJunbishinvariousepisodeshavebeenpraisedbyvariousinternationalmedia.[10][11]
BBCdescribedthethirdeditionoftheshow,hostedbyJunbish,asincludinga"groundbreakingexchange".[7]
TheJunbishhostedseriesbecamesosuccessfulthatHamidKarzai,thenthePresidentofAfghanistan,sought
aninvitationtotheshow(Karzaiwassubsequentlyinvitedandappearedtherein).[9]Junbish'sshowiscredited
withinfluencinggovernmentandcivilsocietyactiononvariousnationalandregionalissues.[9]LeMonde
reportedthatover2to3millionpeoplewereregularviewersoftheshow,ahighfigureforanationwitha
populationofaround30million.[9]

References
1."TestingtimesbeginforAfghanstyledemocracy".GlobalTimes.RetrievedOctober1,2016.
2."AfghansStillDisputeLegacyOfFormer'BanditKing' ".AfghanOnlinePress.RetrievedOctober1,2016.
3."BBCjournalistDaudJunbish'sservicesacclaimed".PajhwokAfghanNews.RetrievedOctober1,2016.
4."BBCWorldServiceTheFifthFloor,MeetingMullahOmar".BBC.RetrievedOctober1,2016.
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5."BBCMediaActionDaudJunbish".BBC.RetrievedOctober1,2016.
6.AsiaPacificMediaConference(2628November2014)."ReportingonConflictsandDisasters:TheMediaDebates
ItsRole"(PDF).Hiroshima,Japan:InternationalCommitteeofRedCross.RetrievedOctober1,2016.
7."BBCBlogsBBCMediaActionAfghanistan'spoliticalparties:thefuture?".BBC.RetrievedOctober1,2016.
8."BBCAfghanistan'sOpenJirgaMediaAction".BBC.RetrievedOctober1,2016.
9."Desquestions,descritiquesetdesactes".LeMonde.RetrievedOctober1,2016.
10."AfghanTVshowbringsofficialsfacetofacewithordinarypeople".ChristianScienceMonitor.Retrieved
October1,2016.
11."EnAfghanistan,latlvisionaffrontelesproblmesdesocit".LeMonde.RetrievedOctober1,2016.

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