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Missing U.S. Soldier Captured
July 2, 2009, 12:44am
US Forces-Afghanistan Release Number 20090207-01
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KABUL, Afghanistan – A U.S. Soldier, who has been missing since June 30th from his assigned unit, is now believed to have been captured by militant forces. We are exhausting all available resources to ascertain his whereabouts and provide for his safe return.
We are not providing any further details at this time in order to protect the welfare of the Soldier.
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Missing U.S. Soldier Captured
July 2, 2009, 12:44am
US Forces-Afghanistan Release Number 20090207-01
Link to release (via Facebook)
KABUL, Afghanistan – A U.S. Soldier, who has been missing since June 30th from his assigned unit, is now believed to have been captured by militant forces. We are exhausting all available resources to ascertain his whereabouts and provide for his safe return.
We are not providing any further details at this time in order to protect the welfare of the Soldier.
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Taliban militants captured a US soldier and three Afghan nationals in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, CBS reports
A Taliban rang the American news agency’s Afghan reporter Sami Yousufzai Thursday and said the militants have arrested the American soldier.
A US military spokesperson in the Afghan capital Kabul confirms that one soldier has been missing in the country for the past two days, the report further say.
“A US serviceman has been missing in Afghanistan since 30th June … it’s believed the service person is being held by insurgents,” said spokesman Cpt. Elizabeth Mathias.
The Taliban commander, who spoke to CBS’s reporter via satellite phone from the an undisclosed location, said a group of militants took hostage the American soldier and his Afghan counterparts near a US military base.
The fate of the captive soldier is up to the Taliban leaders’ decision but the Taliban "would not mind an exchange of prisoners in this case", the anonymous Taliban commander is quoted in the report.
The kidnapping comes at the parallel to a largest-ever US 4,000 Marines offensive in the southern Helmand province, the heartland of the Taliban-led insurgency.
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