Monday, June 22, 2009

Afghan Journalist Details Escape Plan

35-year-old Tahir Ludin, and Afghan journalist, has revealed the plan that helped him escape from seven months of being kept hostage. Ludin credits careful planning, weary guards, and a rope for his getaway.

[Above: Tahir Ludin's family, awaiting his return home. Credit: The New York Times]

You can read more here, as well as an account by Pulitzer-prize winner David Rhode, a NYTimes journalist who was also held captive by the Taliban.

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