Musa Khan Jalalzai is a veteran journalist whose experience includes decades of extensive research in political analysis, focusing on Pakistan and Afghanistan, and related topics including foreign interference, terrorism and human trafficking. His articles have been published by The New Yorker, the New York Times, and Moscow Times. He has a regular column with Dawn. Jalalzai has published several books studying sectarian and ethnic violence, policing, and terrorism, as well as the increasing crime, corruption and instability in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the region.