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Taliban Seize U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan
CBS broke the story.A Taliban commander told CBS News' Sami Yousafzai Thursday that militants had captured one U.S. soldier and three Afghan nationals in Paktika province, near the Pakistani border. A U.S. military spokesperson in Kabul confirms that one soldier has been missing in Afghanistan since June 30. Cpt. Elizabeth Mathias told CBS News Thursday, "a U.S. serviceman has been missing in Afghanistan since 30th June, it's believed the service person is being held by insurgents." The Taliban commander, who spoke to Yousafzai via satellite telephone from the region, said a group of militants cornered the American soldier and his Afghan counterparts near a U.S. military base and took them hostage. He said the captives' fate would be decided by Taliban leaders, but that the Islamic extremist group would consider a prisoner swap. "The case will be referred to Sirajuddin Haqqani (senior Taliban commander in Afghanistan) and other Taliban top leadership. They have to decide the future of the U.S. soldier, but we would not mind a prisoner exchange in this case," the commander told CBS News. For high ranking ISI officer in custody.
Posted by: ed 2009-07-02 |
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