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Mastrogiacomo, Daniele. Days of Fear: A Firsthand Account of Captivity Under the New Taliban.(Brief article)(Book review)
Mastrogiacomo, Daniele. Days of Fear: A Firsthand Account of Captivity Under the New Taliban. Europa Editions, dist. by Penguin. 2010. c.176p. tr. from Italian by Michael Reynolds. ISBN 978-1-933372-97-6. pap. $15. INT AFFAIRS
This is a riveting story of the capture and eventual release of the Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo (La Repubblica) by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The author, who has covered national and international events for many years, was captured, along with his translator (Ajmal Naqshbandi) and driver (Sayed Agha) in March 2007. His captors first thought that Mastrogiacomo was a British officer, but after learning that he was an Italian reporter, they …
