The email is dated 1 May 2013. Jeffrey Epstein writes that he has โfinally left Peshawar,โ describes the city as under bombing turbulence ahead of elections, and details meetings with tribal representatives, provincial health officials, and federal authorities. He claims to have spoken, via a fixer, to a โsenior Taliban guyโ about polio vaccination resistance. He references funding from the UAE government and suggests granular political intelligence was obtained.
This is not gossip. It is a field report. In 2013, Peshawar and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were among the most volatile zones in the world. Polio workers were being assassinated. After the CIAโs fake vaccination campaign during the Bin Laden operation, vaccination drives had become politically radioactive. Negotiating access required tribal intermediaries, security assurances, and tacit accommodation with insurgent actors.
A “hedge fund manager” does not casually insert himself into that ecosystem. Continue reading Epstein in Peshawar: Not a Financier, Not Just a Predator