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Ashleigh Banfield Facts and Afghan Journal shows!

Ashleigh's Biography Facts:

Full name: Ashleigh Dennistoun Banfield

Birthdate: December 29, 1967

Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

Education: B.A. in Political Studies and French.

Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario Canada

Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister

Marital Status: Engaged.

Wedding Date: June 29, 2002

Hobbies: Singing

Ashleigh's Career:

Canada:

1988: CIBN in Kenora, Ontario

CKY in Winnipeg, Manitoba

1989-1992: CFRN in Edmonton, Alberta

1992-1995: CICT-TV (where she won 2 IRIS awards)

United States:

1995-1999: KDFW in Dallas, Texas (where she won an

Emmy and a Texas Associated Press award)

2000: Hired by MSNBC

Ashleigh Facts

Ashleigh's Interviews:

Transcript of Msnbc chat with Ashleigh
Ashleigh Interviews Taliban Prisoners
Ashleigh interviews firefighter Glen Ray
Ashleigh visits Kabul Hospital

Ashleigh has done 3 Afghan Journals.

The first was a story on Father Gregory

Rice, a catholic Priest living in Pakistan.

The second was stories about a warlord named Dostum,

Ashleigh's journey from Jalalabad to Kabul and a story

on an Iraqi women who is helping refugees in Pakistan.

The third is about Ashleigh's experiences in

Afghanistan...the stories she covered and her

reflections on those stories.

Email: swordswomen@yahoo.com