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Captive : My Time As a Prisoner of the Taliban by Jere Van Dyk is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p> <b>An American reporter's chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban in the no-man's-land between Afghanistan and Pakistan.</b> </p> <p>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.</p> <p> <i>Captive </i>is Van D
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- Author
- Jere Van Dyk
- Publisher
- Times Books
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780805088274
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, Political Science
- Rating
- 3.37 / 5 (237 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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