Summary: Wearing a wrist-watch bearing the image of Gandhi, and citing Nelson Mandela as a source of inspiration, Nader Nadery is working for peace and human rights in Afghanistan. In his 30s, he has never known his country at peace. At the age of 8 his primary school was destroyed by the Mujahideen, in his twenties he was arrested and tortured by the Taliban. He could escape.. he could live in the Netherlands or Germany or the UK… but he has chosen to remain – at great personal risk – and remains optimisitic about the future of Afghanistan. Lyse Doucet in conversation.
