A Rope and a Prayer

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David Rohde and Kristin Mulvihill speak at length about their new book A Rope and a Prayer: A Kidnapping from Two Sides. Rohde is a New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban and held for seven months before he escaped. Mulvihill is his wife. She directed the efforts to secure his release throughout the ordeal. They talk about David’s ill-fated decision to set out to interview a Taliban leader, what it was like for Kristen to find out he’d been kidnapped, how  they both endured, what he did to escape, what she did to try to find out where he was. And laced throughout the book are their observations about the war in Afghanistan, U.S. relations with Pakistan, and what it meant to come face to face with the Taliban. Download MP3

A Rope and a Prayer: A Kidnapping from Two Sides (book)

Held by the Taliban (New York Times series)

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