Rory Stewart felt ‘locked’ behind embassy: Former politician recounts his Afghanistan walk
Author and former UK politician Rory Stewart says he went on his death-defying walk across Afghanistan because he felt “locked” behind embassy walls.
“I had been a briefly British soldier, then I was a diplomat,” he told Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan.
“We were getting involved in these other countries; we had no idea what was happening.
“So I walked across Afghanistan just after 9/11.”
The former UK politician went on a walk alone across northern central Afghanistan in 2002, passing through the poorest parts of the country along with the harshest terrain during winter.
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How has this guy not been a foreign secretary of the UK?
I bet that was one hell of a walk.
First time I’m learning about Rory. He seems to be honest and companionate
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