Charlie Rose: In-Depth Interviews of Americas Best
Oct 2, 2026 · 32 min · 20 segments
David Rohde, The New York Times reporter for Afghanistan who was captured by the Taliban, escaped and then wrote about it in a 5 part series in the The New York Times SUBSCRIBE to get the latest from…
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Charlie RoseHost
Um, we went to interview a Taliban commander that had given, uh, earlier interviews to other foreign journalists and, and not, not kidnapped any of them.
I declined meeting him any further away from the city, and, uh, essentially we drove to the interview and, uh, gunmen surrounded our car, uh, you know, took control of the vehicle and drove us off into the desert.
when I was reporting, and that at, that ended peacefully after 10 days, and I hoped that might happen again.
That first afternoon, I, you know, I thought there was a chance, uh, we'd be killed.
Um, several weeks earlier, some aid workers had been shot in that area as they drove down the road.
Later that afternoon, we met the commander, um, who had kidnapped us, and he promised good treatment.
Um, he sort of played the moderate, um, to win our trust, and I, uh, you know, I, I...
And, and throughout this, the biggest threat was to the, the two Afghans who worked with me that day.
Um, we went to interview a Taliban commander that had given, uh, earlier interviews to other foreign journalists and, and not, not kidnapped any of them.
I declined meeting him any further away from the city, and, uh, essentially we drove to the interview and, uh, gunmen surrounded our car, uh, you know, took control of the vehicle and drove us off into the desert.
when I was reporting, and that at, that ended peacefully after 10 days, and I hoped that might happen again.
That first afternoon, I, you know, I thought there was a chance, uh, we'd be killed.
Um, several weeks earlier, some aid workers had been shot in that area as they drove down the road.
Later that afternoon, we met the commander, um, who had kidnapped us, and he promised good treatment.
Um, he sort of played the moderate, um, to win our trust, and I, uh, you know, I, I...
And, and throughout this, the biggest threat was to the, the two Afghans who worked with me that day.
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