Bed that saved me from the Taliban

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Post by ahamedirshad123 » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 11:24 AM UTC

Bed that saved me from the Taliban
bbc.co.uk

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Post by Simulacra » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:08 PM UTC

Wow what an amazing story of survival.

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Post by arbuge » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:16 PM UTC

If you really do not have the time to read the whole article, it's worth reading at least the last 4 paragraphs.

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Post by jnbiche » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:20 PM UTC

It's well worth reading. Read to the end; he includes his perspectives on life in the summary.

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Post by Cthulhu_ » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:29 PM UTC

arbuge wrote: post #3

If you really do not have the time to read the whole article, it's worth reading at least the last 4 paragraphs.

It didn't feel like that long of a story, I read through it in one go. It reads so matter-of-factly. The guy was really lucky.

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Post by fb03 » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

It's nice when something is so well written that it almost literally transports you to that moment. I was agitated to know what would happen next as the narrative unfolded.

Can recommend.

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Post by StavrosK » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #5

arbuge wrote: post #3

If you really do not have the time to read the whole article, it's worth reading at least the last 4 paragraphs.

It didn't feel like that long of a story, I read through it in one go. It reads so matter-of-factly. The guy was really lucky.

He was both extremely lucky and very clever and thinking quickly. The odds that he'd survive were one in a million, what an amazing story.

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Post by sjroot » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:37 PM UTC

Incredible, to be hiding under one of two beds in his hotel room, and having the other bed being searched and shot at by the Taliban.

> Don't concentrate only on work, stressful and bad things in your life. Concentrate instead on creating good moments and being around good people, because life is so beautiful.

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Post by rags2riches » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:42 PM UTC

I wonder if his ability to focus on analysis and solutions made the whole experience less traumatic.

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Post by democracy » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 1:43 PM UTC

Just FYI, Taliban was the creation of Pakistani military intelligence to fight Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 80's and funded by the CIA.