A Rope And a Prayer
“I have spoken to my wife for the first time in nine days. I expected panic or tears, but Kristen sounded collected and confident. Her words “It’s going to be all right” will linger in my mind for months. Her composure will sustain me.
Atiqullah and Badruddin had driven us fifteen minutes outside Miran Shah, stopped the car in a dry riverbed, and turned off the engine. Leaving the headlights on, I called Kristen from a small handheld satellite phone Badruddin produced and followed their instruct...ions to tell her we were being held in terrible conditions. I hope the tone of my voice somehow comforted her.
Now Badruddin and Atiqullah tell me to call The New York Times bureau in Kabul. Instead of ordering me to make specific demands, they instruct Tahir, Asad, and me to exaggerate our suffering. They also tell me to say that Atiqullah is not with us, even though he is standing beside me.
“We are in terrible conditions, Tahir is very sick,” I tell Chris Chivers, a close friend and Times reporter who answers the phone.MoreLess
Atiqullah and Badruddin had driven us fifteen minutes outside Miran Shah, stopped the car in a dry riverbed, and turned off the engine. Leaving the headlights on, I called Kristen from a small handheld satellite phone Badruddin produced and followed their instruct...ions to tell her we were being held in terrible conditions. I hope the tone of my voice somehow comforted her.
Now Badruddin and Atiqullah tell me to call The New York Times bureau in Kabul. Instead of ordering me to make specific demands, they instruct Tahir, Asad, and me to exaggerate our suffering. They also tell me to say that Atiqullah is not with us, even though he is standing beside me.
“We are in terrible conditions, Tahir is very sick,” I tell Chris Chivers, a close friend and Times reporter who answers the phone.MoreLess
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