Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban

by Jere Van Dyk

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080508827X
• ISBN13: 9780805088274
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Times Books
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"