 It is also claimed that he served with both Saudi Arabian Intelligence Agency and possibly the United States in Afghanistan during this period.He then was appointed a deputy editor-in-chief of "Arab News", and served in the post from 1999 to 2003.Khashoggi wrote in a "Post" column on 3 April 2018 that Saudi Arabia "should return to its pre-1979 climate, when the government restricted hard-line Wahhabi traditions.