nytimes.com - 10/22/2009
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This is epilogue to a five-part series offering a first-person account by David Rohde of his seven months as a captive of the Taliban in Pakistan. Mr. Rohde, a New York Times reporter, was kidnapped with two Afghan colleagues on Nov. 10, 2008, as they traveled to an interview with a Taliban ...
nytimes.com - 10/18/2009
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nytimes.com —
This is the first installment in a five-part
series offering a first-person account by David Rohde of...
his seven months as a captive of the Taliban in Pakistan. Mr. Rohde, a New York Times reporter, was kidnapped with two Afghan colleagues on Nov. 10, ...
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Held by the Taliban
nytimes.com - 10/29/2009
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nytimes.com —
This is the first installment in a five-part
series offering a first-person account by David Rohde of...
his seven months as a captive of the Taliban in Pakistan. Mr. Rohde, a New York Times reporter, was kidnapped with two Afghan colleagues on Nov. 10, ...
(more)
Held by the Taliban - A Times Reporter's Account. A ...
nytimes.com - 10/20/2009
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nytimes.com —
This is the third installment in a five-part
series offering a first-person account by David Rohde of...
his seven months as a captive of the Taliban in Pakistan. Mr. Rohde, a New York Times reporter, was kidnapped with two Afghan colleagues on Nov. 10, ...
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Held by the Taliban. Part Three - The World of Young ...
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Escape from the Taliban
The Jawa Report —
... . Read all the way through, and then be sure to click on the epilogue where Rohde vehemently denies that any ransom was paid or prisoners exchanged for his release. By Rusty at October 22, 2009 01:47 PM | | l ...
War and Piece —
... of David Rohde's phenomenal series on what he learned in seven months held captive by the Taliban. And his epilogue . Posted by Laura at October 23, 2009 01:38 AM
NYT refutes Yon's reporting on ransom; Yon responds
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... Rohde, in his epilogue, admitted that "security consultants who worked on our case said cash was paid to Taliban members who said they knew our whereabouts. But the consultants said they were never able to identify or establish contact with the guards who were living with us." ...
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