Matthew Rosenberg

Matthew Rosenberg (born August 2, 1974) is an American journalist who covers national security issues for The New York Times. He previously wrote about Afghanistan and Pakistan for the paper, but was expelled from Afghanistan in August 2014 on the orders of President Hamid Karzai, the first expulsion of a Western journalist from Afghanistan since the Taliban ruled the country.

Rosenberg was born in New York City. He holds a bachelor's degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Rosenberg began his reporting career at The Associated Press, and served as a foreign correspondent for the news agency in India, East Africa and the Caribbean.

In 2007, Rosenberg joined The Wall Street Journal. There, he interviewed Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of what is considered one of Afghanistan’s most potent insurgent factions, and uncovered the massive amount of cash that flows daily through Kabul’s airport, prompting the temporary suspension of $3.9 billion in American aid to Afghanistan. He also was part of the Journal team that covered the 2008 attack on Mumbai.

Rosenberg joined The New York Times in 2011. His stories have included one of the few detailed accounts of an attack by Afghan soldiers on their American allies, and a look at how Iran has skirted American-imposed sanctions by buying up dollars in Afghanistan, which was awash in hard currency because of massive American cash infusions. He also christened Afghanistan’s first international boxing match "The Squabble in Kabul."

On April 29, 2013, the Times published an investigative report by Rosenberg detailing how the Central Intelligence Agency had delivered bags of cash to the offices of Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, for more than a decade to finance a slush fund for the Afghan leader. Mr. Karzai acknowledged the payments the day the story appeared, and later thanked the C.I.A. for providing the money and said he had been assured the flow of money would continue.

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