NYT reporter tells: Seven months as a Taliban prisonerNYT reporter David Rohde spent seven months as a prisoner of the Taliban in Afghanistan before making a daring escape in June. In a six-part series, he tells the entire story.
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Jimmy Wales on giving the silent treatment
The NYT asked Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to keep info about kidnapped reporter David Rohde private. Wales speaks to NPR about the ethical dilemma that posed.
Kidnapped journo returns to NYT newsroom
The New York Times’ David Rohde, who spent seven months as a Taliban hostage in Afghanistan, has returned to the paper’s newsroom to tears and applause, according to tweets from Times journos.
Double standards: the media on Taliban kidnappings
Are the hundreds of people kidnapped by the Taliban each year any less deserving of media black out protection than western journalists like David Rohde?
Journalists’ amazing flight from the Taliban
After seven months being detained by the Taliban, NYT reporter David Rohde and Afghan journalist Tahir Luddin escaped their captors, aided by a rope they’d hidden and a game of draughts.
