Rope and a Prayer A Kidnapping from Two Sides

Name: Rope and a Prayer A Kidnapping from Two Sides
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ISBN: 9780670022236

ISBN-10: 0670022233

ISBN-13: 9780670022236

Edition: 2010

Authors: David Rohde, Kristen Mulvihill

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The compelling and insightful account of a New York Timesreporter's abduction by the Taliban, and his wife's struggle to free him. Invited to an interview by a Taliban commander, New York Timesreporter David Rohde and two Afghan colleagues were kidnapped in November 2008 and spirited to the tribal areas of Pakistan. For the next seven months, they lived in an alternate reality, ruled by jihadists, in which paranoia, conspiracy theories, and shifting alliances abounded. Held in bustling towns, they found that Pakistan's powerful military turned a blind eye to a sprawling Taliban ministate that trained suicide bombers, plotted terrorist attacks, and helped shelter Osama bin Laden. In New…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/30/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.28" long x 1.23" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Principal Characters, Organizations, and Places-Afghanistan and Pakistan


Principal Characters and Organizations-New York


Authors' Note


Chronology


Map


A Blood Message To Obama


ï¿½Fun Fearless Femaleï¿½


Millions


Crash Course


The Emirate


The Taliban Call Collect


All Three of Us


Human Resources


Speak Good Words to An Enemy


Video Games


Futility


Multitasking


The Taliban Trust The Red Cross


Love Letters


Words and Pictures


A French Street Gang


Are You There?


My Funny Valentine


Golden Chance


Midnight


Gift From God


Peace Be Upon You


An Alternate Universe


A Goat Will Never Be a Cow


Birthday Wishes


Greeting Cards for The Mujahideen


A Stone Will Not Become Soft


The Girl With The Sad Story


Lies


Home Movies


Pashtunwali


Answered Prayers


The Glorious Islam


Gratitude


Intelligence


Feed The Beast


Return


Reunion


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index