Captive View By Jere Van Dyk
Title | : | Captive |
Author | : | Jere Van Dyk |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Page | : | 271 pages |
ISBN | : | 080508827X |
An American reporter s chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban, in the no man s land between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Jere Van Dyk was on the wrong side of the border He and three Afghan guides had crossed into the tribal areas of Pakistan, where no Westerner had ventured for years, hoping to reach the home of a local chieftain by nightfall But
An American reporter s chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban, in the no man s land between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Jere Van Dyk was on the wrong side of the border He and three Afghan guides had crossed into the tribal areas of Pakistan, where no Westerner had ventured for years, hoping to reach the home of a local chieftain by nightfall But then a dozen armed men in black turbans appeared over the crest of a hill
Captive is Van Dyk s searing account of his forty five days in a Taliban prison, and it is gripping and terrifying in the tradition of the best prison literature The main action takes place in a single room, cut off from the outside world, where Van Dyk feels he can trust nobody not his jailers, not his guides who he fears may have betrayed him , and certainly not the charismatic Taliban leader whose fleeting appearances carry the hope of redemption as well as the prospect of immediate, violent death
Van Dyk went to the tribal areas to investigate the challenges facing America there His story is of a deeper, personal challenge, an unforgettable tale of human endurance

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Published :2016-03-25T03:04+01:00
An American reporter s chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban, in the no man s land between Afghanistan and Pakistan
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