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Season 2 Announcement
By Sarah Koenig
01/12/2016, 4:00pm
01/12/2016, 4:00pm
Hello! I have news. ... Read More
Season Two: Episode 04
The Captors
What's happening on the other side of the door?
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David Rohde’s Captivity
By Whitney Dangerfield
01/07/2016, 5:30am
01/07/2016, 5:30am
David Rohde, center, in Kandahar, a province in southern Afghanistan, in 2007.
There were many similarities between Rohde’s captivity and Bergdahl’s. The Haqqani network, a group aligned with the Taliban, held both men captive, for one. And both men were moved to various locations in North and South Waziristan, parts of the tribal region of Pakistan. But Rohde had two advantages over Bergdahl. ... Read More
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New Schedule
A note from Sarah about our every-other-week schedule.
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