Jere Van Dyk: 2 books
Captive
My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
An American reporter's chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban, in the no-man's-land between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Jere Van Dyk was on the wrong side of the border. He and three Afghan guides had crossed into the tribal areas of Pakistan, where no Westerner had...
The Trade
My Journey into the Labyrinth of Political Kidnapping
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
A former hostage in the tribal areas of Pakistan returns to meet his kidnappers and uncover how political kidnappings and ransomings take place in the shadows of the world's most lawless territories.
In 2014, Jere Van Dyk traveled to Afghanistan to try to discover the motives behind a kidnapping...