I HAVE ALL THESE HIGHWAY MAPS THAT I PICK UP AT THE REST AREAS, MAPS. ANDY WOODRUFF PROUDLY SHOWS US THE HUNDREDS HE HAS COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS. THESE ARE MADE BY MAJOR CARTOGRAPHY FIRMS OF THE DAY.

Eric Gundersen sipped tea and haggled for maps as he sat in the basement of a government office in Kabul. A tattooed, fast-talking American with perennial stubble, Gundersen was running an 18-person ...