Page 352 - Captivity News Today

6:30 here on the east coast. still ahead, she was once held hostage by the taliban for preaching christianity until u.s. special forces they went in there and saved her from captivity. and that former aide worker reacts to the military worker taking over afghanistan. thats next. nothing rhymes with liberty mutual. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ from prom dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more you give the less theyll miss. but even if yo...

Afghanistan. can you give an update on what youve tried to do and with the situation is now? >> so, so hes in washington hes an american citizen he came here was after he saved my lives, i want to repeat that he saved my life, help me escape from taliban captivity. his wife and most of his children remain in kabul. for three months weve been trying to get the american government to grant his request that his children come with him and live in the united states, that is his right as an american c...

Journalists and staff and their families finds themselves in tonight, it is david rohde who is engaged in his own effort to try to get his former colleagues and their families out to safety right now. joining us now is david rohde, hes executive editor at thenewyorker.com. >> thanks for having me on. >> so you wrote today about your personal efforts to try to get your colleague tarirs family out of afghanistan. can you just give an update on what youve tried to do and what the situation is now? ...

Executive editor at thenewyorker.com. >> thanks for having me on. >> so you wrote today about your personal efforts to try to get your colleague tarirs family out of afghanistan. can you just give an update on what youve tried to do and what the situation is now? >> so he is in washington, hes an american citizen. he came here right after i saved my life. i want to repeat that again, he saved my life. he helped me escape from taliban captivity. his wife and most of his children remain in kabul. ...

Saying 20 years is a world of difference, theyre going to be a different taliban than they were 20 years ago. still going to follow islamic law, but women are invited to participate in the government. girls are invited to go to school. and theres going to be a blanket amnesty for everyone, even those who fought against them. your thoughts? >> you know, what is it trust but verify. i hope they have changed and this is a good thing theyre saying. thats not what i saw in captivity. in seven months ...

Including criticism from democrats. jackie speier, the congresswoman from california and others, who say that the refugee situation, the siv situation is intal rabl and the other afghans who have not been included. i was just hearing on the 11:00 show, an american journalist who all know who had been held hostage, the afghan who helped him escape from taliban captivity is pleading with him to help him and his eight children to get out and theyre getting no help. so these are people who have demo...

Plan for this crawl appropriately. many of them were women, and it is a large mistake on their part and just on women, i spent, as you said those months in captivity. i did not see a single woman in that period. every woman i saw was moved around in cars and between different houses if they were in public they were in burqas and that was the future i think for women across afghanistan. they will not be allowed to go outside and if they do they must be in burqas. thats what i saw in a taliban con...

Assessment bears out? >> you are absolutely right to pray and im praying as well. as you mentioned, i spent seven months in taliban captivity and what i saw is young men being brainwashed to become suicide bombers, women werent allowed to leave their homes. and you know, brutal punishments to people who taliban decided were breaking the law. so im very worried about what will happen. and i want to briefly say that the afghan journalist who was kidnapped with me who saved my life, we escaped beca...

Birthday and his abduction. i wish we talked about him on a daily basis until he comes home. i can tell you that, you know, when austin was abducted ive been working at "the washington post" for just four months. when it happened my editors, our editors were obviously extremely concerned and not a day has passed that we havent stayed concerned and on top of this issue. you know, i worked for the post for another two years while austin was in prison. i was in prison myself for a year and a half. ...

For us the campaign was _ you have made this decision? i think for us the campaign was set - you have made this decision? i think for us the campaign was set up i you have made this decision? i think for us the campaign was set up to i for us the campaign was set up to secure the freedom for latifah and to give her the best chance of living the way she chose to live and we think whilst we are not guaranteed to have achieved all of those things, we are as close we can get we believe. marcus is he...