
Monday, July 23, 2001
Dr. S. Amjad Hussain, a clinical professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the Medical College of Ohio, is one of a handful of Westerners allowed to travel to Afghanistan in recent years and to talk with leaders of the Taliban.
A native of Pakistan, Hussain has lived in Toledo, Ohio, since 1974 and is past president of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo. He has authored five books and writes a column for The Blade, for which he contributed these articles. The Blade and the Post-Gazette, both owned by Block Communications Inc., make up the Block News Alliance.