Topic: Bowe Bergdahl

Family of U.S. soldier held by Taliban marks two years

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The parents of a U.S. soldier being held by the Taliban marked their son's two years in captivity on Thursday by saying they intended to bring him home "with honor."Bowe Bergdahl, of Hailey, Idaho, was a ...

Dad pleads for captive son via YouTube

The father of an American soldier apparently being held captive by Al Qaeda thugs in Afghanistan made an appeal to Pakistan's military via YouTube...

Father of captured U.S. soldier asks for son's freedom

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The father of a U.S. soldier who was captured in Afghanistan two years ago on Friday posted an online appeal asking the government of Pakistan and its armed forces to help free his son."Our family is counting ...

New footage of captured US soldier: SITE

New footage of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured in Afghanistan in June 2009, has appeared in a video on jihadist web forums, the SITE monitoring group said on Wednesday.The brief shot of Bergdahl shows him clean-shaven, looking lean and ...

New Taliban video shows captured US soldier

A Taliban video released on Tuesday appears to show US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, captured in Afghanistan in June 2009, the IntelCenter monitoring group said on Wednesday."The video contains a brief portion of new footage of someone that appears to be US ...

US 'reversing Taliban momentum' in Afghan south

Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday hailed US Marines for reversing Taliban gains in one of the toughest Afghan battlefields as he toured the south ahead of a key war review.He struck an upbeat note, with an imminent White House report ...

U.S. condemns video of soldier captured in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday condemned the release of a video showing a U.S. soldier who was captured in Afghanistan and is believed to have been held by Taliban militants for the last 18 months."As we have said in ...

Bergdahl Video

Private Bowe R. Bergdahl of the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion's 501 Parachute Infantry Regiment was captured in Afghanistan on June 30, 2009, by the Taliban . On July 19, 2009, the Taliban released a video Bergdahl. Bergdahl can be seen ...

POW MIA Day 18 Sep 2009

The day was first commemorated in 1979 but on the 18Throughout the military on this day, Memorial Day, VeteransDay, and Independence Day the table is set and a ceremony held at the DiningFacility (DFAC). In many Veterans Organizations the Missing Man Table ...
Leaked documents appear to detail Army's search for captured Idaho soldier in AfghanistanLeaked military documents on the war in Afghanistan appear to provide details of the U.S. Army's search for an Idaho soldier captured last year by the Taliban ...