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Wartime Afghanistan
ResumeJust weeks after US-led forces toppled the Taliban in January 2002, young Rory Stewart stood at the western edge of Afghanistan, ready — incredibly — to walk in the winter through mountains, across a famously rugged country torn by decades of infamously brutal war.
The young Scotsman was no naive fool. He had already walked over much of Asia, served as a British diplomat, and tutored the British royals' Prince William and Prince Harry.
Now, he was far from any palace grounds — in Kipling country with Kalashnikovs, walking village by village by mountain pass through a country that is still confounding American troops.
Hear about the remarkable story of Rory Stewart's impossible journey, and the unfinished challenge of Afghanistan.
Guests:
Carlotta Gall, reporter for the New York Times
Rory Stewart, author of "The Places in Between"
This program aired on June 20, 2006.