Held by the Taliban

Tomas Munita, The New York Times

The New York Times has had an engrossing 5-part story in its pages this week about David Rohde's seven months in captivity by the Taliban. David Rohde is a Times reporter who along with a couple of Afghan colleagues was kidnapped by the Taliban last November. They were held and moved about Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan until he and one of the Afghans escaped in June. Rohde tells the story of their captivity, and the story gives some insight into the motives and behavior of the Taliban.