After more than four hours of moving across the rocky, hill-studded terrain of eastern Afghanistan, Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers and other commandos from the Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six were within 100 feet of their objective: an American aid worker held hostage by the Taliban. It was Dec. 8, 2012, and three days earlier, a doctor, Dilip Joseph, and his interpreter and his driver had been captured by the Taliban while returning from a medical clinic east of Kabul. In his book, “Kidnapped by the Taliban: A Story of Terror, Hope and Rescue by SEAL Team Six,” Joseph said he awoke that night with a runny nose and to the sound of a dog barking and bleating sheep. The SEALs were yards away from the compound when one of the Taliban spotted the commandos. ...
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