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A R O P E and A P RAY E R A KIDNAPPING FROM TWO SIDES DAVID ROHDE and KRISTEN MULVIHILL VIKING 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd iii 9/16/10 1:09 PM 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd x 9/16/10 1:09 PM A ROPE and A PRAY E R v 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd i 9/16/10 1:09 PM ALSO BY DAVID ROHDE Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica, Europe’s Worst Massacre since World War II 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd ii 9/16/10 1:09 PM A R O P E and A P RAY E R A KIDNAPPING FROM TWO SIDES DAVID ROHDE and KRISTEN MULVIHILL VIKING 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd iii 9/16/10 1:09 PM VIKING Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England First published in 2010 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Copyright © David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill, 2010 All rights reserved Portions of this book appeared in different form in The New York Times. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rohde, David. A rope and a prayer : a kidnapping from two sides / David Rohde & Kristen Mulvihill. p. cm. ISBN 1-101-44139-9 1. Rohde, David—Captivity, 2008–2009. 2. Hostages—Afghanistan—Biography. 3. Journalists—United States—Biography. 4. Afghan War, 2001—Personal narratives, American. 5. Taliban. 6. Mulvihill, Kristen. I. Mulvihill, Kristen. II. Title. DS371.43.R64A3 2010 958.104'7—dc22 [B] 2010024534 Designed by Nancy Resnick Chronology and map by Jeffrey L. Ward Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrightable materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. Penguin is committed to publishing works of quality and integrity. In that spirit, we are proud to offer this book to our readers; however, the story, the experiences, and the words are the authors’ alone. 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd iv 9/16/10 1:09 PM To Faith 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd v 9/16/10 1:09 PM Every man’s hand is against the other, and all against the stranger. —Winston S. Churchill The fruit of patience is sweet. —Pashto saying 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd vi 9/16/10 1:09 PM ACKNOWLEDGMENTS For Pashtunwali: Tahir Luddin and Captain Nadeem. For countless hours: Mary Jane Mulvihill, Lee Rohde, David McCraw. For never giving up: Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. For steadfast support and encouragement: Bill Keller, Jill Abramson, John Geddes, William Schmidt, Craig Whitney, Susan Chira, Matt Purdy, Christine Kay, and so many other longtime friends at The New York Times. For friendship, insight, and bravery in Afghanistan: Afghan col leagues and friends, Carlotta Gall, Chris Chivers, Tyler Hicks, Dexter Filkins, Rich Oppel, and many others. For friendship, insight, and bravery in Pakistan: Ismail Khan, Salman Masood, Beena Sarwar, Pir Zubair Shah, Jane Perlez, and many others. For pointing Kristen in the right direction: Richard Holbrooke, Karl and Ching Eikenberry, Marin Strmecki, Tim Golden, Kay McGowan, Samantha Power. For consistency, clarity, eloquence, and humor: Michael Semple. For working on the case: “John,” Mike Taylor, Duane Clarridge, Jack Holly, Dwight, Mark, Chris, Wayne, and all the incarnations of Team Kabul. Thank you to the government officials who tried to help us, especially Jim, Tom, Joe, John, Cathy, Phil, Leanne, Ken, Tenzen, Mike, Eric. For help in Washington: Mark Mazzetti, Eric Schmitt, Douglas Frantz, Milt Bearden. 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd vii 9/16/10 1:09 PM viii Acknowledgments For expertise: Ahmed Rashid, Rina Amiri, Barnett Rubin, James Alvarez, Nancy Dupree, John Dixon, Tom Gregg, Patricia Ferrari, Kelly Moore. For support and understanding at Cosmopolitan, especially: Kate White, Abby Greene, Ann Kwong, John Lanuza, Micah Rubin, Heather Pfaff, Miriam Friedman, Micaela Walker, Maggie Hong, Rebecca Hessel. For maintaining privacy: Catherine Mathis, Diane McNulty, and Vanessa Palo. For friendship, empathy, and holidays: Eric and Sylvan Wold. For support, guidance, confidence: Jonathan and Katie Moore, Chloe Breyer, Marcello Picone. For happy memories: Vincent Manoriti, Denise Morgan, Julian Borger, Kathleen Reen, Ivan Obregon, Greg Scholl, Lisa Ferrari, Kannan Sundaram, Jay Solomon, Don Nay, Dan Morrison, Paul Haven, Victoria Burnett, Tomas Munita, Bob Nickelsberg, Celia Dugger, Barry Bearak, Shelley Thakral, Anthony Loyd, Gary Bass, Stacy Sullivan, Emma Daly, Laura Pitter, Kit Roane, Katya Jestin, Joel Brand, Mike O’Connor, Tracy Wilkinson, John Pomfret, Roger Cohen, Ben Ward, Mark Dennis, Fred Abrahams, Leigh Cheng, John Bastian, Pete Brandt, Al Erickson, Matt Borger, Rod Peterson, Damon Struyk, Jim Williamson, Bob Perkins, Eric Mabley, Ian Marsh, Steve Cote, Jim Webb, Chris Charters, Peter Boisvert, Jay, Joe, and Doris Brenchick, Rocky and Martha Manoriti, John A twood, Ed Quinn, and many others in Fryeburg. For sustenance and support from friends, including: the Moss family, the Chivers family, the Bissell family, Andrea Elliott, Salman Ahmed, Chuck Sudetic, Cindy Searight, Renannah Weinstein, Josh Brown, Claire Mysko, Judson Wright, Madeleine Arthurs, Adivije Sheji, Arthur Bele beau, Juliette Merck, Natalie Hawwa, John Lin, Tamara Schlesinger, Jamal Rayyis, Neal Lesh, Erinn Bucklan, Jim Ledbetter, Erik Swain, Noah Green, Frances Northcutt, Amy Waldman, Megan Re, Sarah Smith, Elliot Thomson, Mariane Pearl, Kati Marton, Nic Robertson, George Packer, Leon Wieseltier, Peter Bergen, Somini Sengupta, Elizabeth Rubin, Jonathan Landay, Faye Bowers, Mary Anne Schwalbe, Sandra Cook, P. J. Anthony, Hari Kumar, Chuni Lal, Pan Singh. For prayers: Marie Chisholm, Maryann Zocco, Fabienne LeRoux, 0000_1-20_PGI_Prayer.indd viii 9/16/10 1:09 PM
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