He may be the Afghani Larry David and the Taliban just can’t deal with him.
Read the last paragraph. This guy hated the second to last Jewish man in Afghanistan. Once they were both imprisoned together, and they argues so much the Taliban let them go rather than keep listening to it.
Some people say he won't ;eave because he refuses to give his wife a get, others because he hasn't paid his debts.
A flying carpet would come in handy about now.