Zalmay Khalilzad was born in the city of Mazari Sharif in northern [[Afghanistan]]; he received his B.A. and M.A. from the American University of Beirut, [[Lebanon]]. Zalmay Khalilzad was a radical [[Palestinian]] activist during his youth, but converted to [[neoconservatism]] after studying under [[Albert Wohlstetter]] at the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. in Political Science. | Zalmay Khalilzad was born in the city of Mazari Sharif in northern [[Afghanistan]]; he received his B.A. and M.A. from the American University of Beirut, [[Lebanon]]. Zalmay Khalilzad was a radical [[Palestinian]] activist during his youth, but converted to [[neoconservatism]] after studying under [[Albert Wohlstetter]] at the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. in Political Science. |