In 2008, investigative journalist Jere Van Dyk was kidnapped and imprisoned for 45 days in the “no man’s land” between Afghanistan and Pakistan. For years after his ordeal, he was haunted by his abductors' motives. In the pursuit of answers, Van Dyk bravely returned to Afghanistan six years later. What he uncovered on his return was not just the story of his own abduction, but a highly sophisticated, and lucrative, network of kidnapping operations that finance terrorist organizations. Heralded as one of the most respected journalists reporting on the Middle East, Van Dyk joins us to tell the tale of his kidnapping and the operations transforming people into bargaining chips at the mercy of violent and pitiless extremists.
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In 2008, investigative journalist Jere Van Dyk was kidnapped and imprisoned for 45 days in the “no man’s land” between Afghanistan and Pakistan. For years after his ordeal, he was haunted by his abductors' motives. In the pursuit of answers, Van Dyk bravely returned to Afghanistan six years later. What he uncovered on his return was not just the story of his own abduction, but a highly sophisticated, and lucrative, network of kidnapping operations that finance terrorist organizations. Heralded as one of the most respected journalists reporting on the Middle East, Van Dyk joins us to tell the tale of his kidnapping and the operations transforming people into bargaining chips at the mercy of violent and pitiless extremists.
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