1st captured American soldier's parents urging the US government to swap him for Afghan prisoners.
The parents of Bowe Bergdahl, the first American soldier captured in Afghanistan since the US-led war began in 2001, are urging the US government to swap him for Afghan prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, US media reported.
“Everybody is frustrated with how slowly the process has evolved,” Bob Bergdahl, the soldier’s father, told the Idaho Mountain Express.
“I’m pushing it hard. We started out by trying to encourage the Taliban to take care of our son. … Now, we’re worried that the government isn’t concerned enough to put him on the (negotiating) table,” the father stressed.
Within hours of that report, President Barack Obama’s administration had rare public words on the case, saying it was hard at work on locating and freeing the US soldier, using whatever that might take.http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/10/parents-of-u-s-soldier-held-in-afghanistan-since-2001-urge-talks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
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