Author’s Resume: Tora Bora, Jihad, Harvard, Book Deal

One evening in 1988, Masood Farivar, a 19-year-old Afghan soldier fighting in the jihad against the occupying Soviet Union, was huddling with 40 other grim-faced men in a fire-lit tent nestled in the side of a mountain. “So this big, tall guy with a beard walks in and starts greeting every one,” recalled Mr. Farivar. Read More