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October 19, 2009

Kidnapped NYT Reporter: Taliban Galvanized by US Policies
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The New York Times has begun publishing a five-part series by its
correspondent David Rohde, who was held as a hostage by the Taliban in
Afghanistan and Pakistan for seven months. In his piece, Rohde says that
Washington’s anti-terrorism policies have galvanized the Taliban. Rohde
writes, “Commanders fixated on the deaths of Afghan, Iraqi and
Palestinian civilians in military airstrikes, as well as the American
detention of Muslim prisoners who had been held for years without being
charged.”