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Rafiq A. Tschannen

Rafiq A. Tschannen is a Swiss national. He converted to Islam and joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the age of 16 after reading the German translation of the Holy Qur'an. He worked in 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, first as Finance Director in the private industry and later as Chief Executive Officer of NGOs and International Governmental Organizations. He is now devoting his time to The Muslim Times as Editor for Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Switzerland and as Associate Chief Editor.

A Chronicle of German Failures in Afghanistan

“Takeover of Kabul Unlikely Before 9/11”A Chronicle of German Failures in Afghanistan German diplomats only found out by chance that their American counterparts were evacuating from Kabul and they were blindsided by the Taliban’s rapid advance in the capital. But internal documents show that Berlin ignored urgent warnings.By Matthias Gebauer, Konstantin von […]