David Nalle (November 2, 1924 – August 2, 2013) was an American diplomat, writer, lecturer, and the former editor of Central Asia Monitor.
[1][2] Born in Philadelphia, Nalle interrupted studies in Engineering at Princeton University for World War II, during which he served as a Naval Aviator.
In 1951, Nalle joined the United States Information Agency (USIA), assigned to the Middle East desk and eventually Afghanistan.
He returned to the United States to head the USIA's division for the Near East, South Asia and North Africa in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
[1] In 1950 he married Jane Oliver Nalle (May 16, 1927 – June 8, 1952) who died in Afghanistan aged 25, and was buried in Kabul British Cemetery.