Saturday, October 17, 2009

Held by the Taliban: 7 Months, 10 Days in Captivity

David Rohde, a New York Times reporter who was held 7 months in captivity by the Taliban in Pakistan, is finally giving a detailed account of the events surrounding his kidnapping, months in captivity and final escape. This is the first installment of a five-part series. The second installment, "Inside the Islamic Emirate," will appear in the Monday NYT's print edition.

The articles are based on Mr. Rohde's recollections and, where possible, records kept by his family and colleagues.

5 comments:

maxie1218 said...

Inside the Islamic Emirate, Part 2 of David Rohde's series, is up the website now. There is also a great interactive feature. You can check out both here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/world/asia/19hostage.html?_r=1&hp

maxie1218 said...

"You Have Atomic Bombs, but We Have Suicide Bombers," Part 3 of David Rohde's series is up on the website.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/world/asia/20hostage.html

There is also a Q&A with Rohde and Bill Keller, Executive Editor of NYT at "At War" blog.

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/david-rohde-q-a-held-by-the-taliban/

maxie1218 said...

A Drone Strike and Dwindling Hope, Part 4 of David Rohde's series can be found here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/world/asia/21hostage.html?_r=1&hp

Delie said...

Thanks for all the updates, Maxie!

maxie1218 said...

"A Rope and A Prayer," Part 5 of the series is up on the NY Times website:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/world/asia/22hostage.html?_r=1&hp