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Making Friends Among the Taliban
A Peacemaker's Journey in Afghanistan
Patheos Book Club features "Making Friends Among the Taliban," an inspiring account of U.S. aid worker Dan Terry's lifelong faith and devotion to the people of Afghanistan. | read more»
About the Book and Author
Dan Terry, one of 10 aid workers killed in Afghanistan in 2010, lived a life of radical love and commitment to the Afghan people. | read more »
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Read Chapter 2, "Kebabs with a Captor," from Making Friends Among the Taliban. | read more »
Praise for Making Friends Among the Taliban
Read what Publishers Weekly and others are saying about Jonathan Larson's memoir of U.S. aid-worker Dan Terry's remarkable life and service in Afghanistan. | read more »
Q&A with Author Jonathan Larson
"There is a winsome and compelling story left here that tells us there is an alternative to those things that have brought us such grief, and have visited pain and suffering on such a huge part of the world." | read more »
Author Website
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