Bahadur has also worked as a freelance correspondent for CBS News and he has advised the U.S. State Department on piracy.

Initially, Bahadur wanted to visit Somalia to write about the election in the northwestern part of the country, but the news coverage of the hijacking and capture of the MV Faina by Somali pirates in September 2008 made him switch gears.

[6] Deciding to cover the piracy angle, Bahadur contacted journalists in Somalia and made arrangements with Radio Garowe.

[7] In January 2009, Bahadur traveled for almost two days to reach the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northeastern Somalia.

[13] A film based on his story, The Pirates of Somalia, directed by Bryan Buckley, was released in 2017.