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CAPTIVE: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban

In 2008, CBS reporter Jere Van Dyk crossed into the tribal areas of Pakistan, where no western reporters had penetrated.  He was kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban in the no-man's land between Afghanistan and Pakistan.  Cut off from the outside world, Van Dyk knew he could trust no one – not his jailers and certainly not the charismatic Taliban leader whose fleeting appearances carried the hope of redemption as well as the prospect of immediate, violent death.  In his new book, Captive, Van Dyk offers an inside look at the Taliban: who they are and what they really think.

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