Lonely Road

A Radio Free Afghanistan reporter describes his kidnapping by Taliban gunmen after he's snatched from the highway to Kandahar. His ordeal included near-constant movement among remote villages, villagers challenging the militants' abduction of local reporters, and an ironic discovery about where the Taliban turn for news. More
 
 
 
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