Taliban Confirms Capture of 'Drunk' US Soldier: SITE

[tekisui]

Source: AFP

DUBAI (AFP) — The Taliban militia on Monday said it has captured an American soldier in Afghanistan who went missing last week, the monitoring service SITE Intelligence said.

The "drunken American soldier" was captured five days ago near Melech in Yusuf Kheil district, Paktika province, the militia said in a statement posted on an Islamist website, according to the US-based group.

"The soldier is still a prisoner of the mujahedeen," said the message dated July 6.

The statement also claimed the killing of another "drunken" US soldier by sniper fire outside his military quarters in the Saydabad district of Wardak province.

A commander of the Taliban's hardline Haqqani faction said last Thursday that his militia had captured a US soldier in Afghanistan, while the American military acknowledged a soldier was believed to have been captured on June 30.

"Our leaders have not decided on the fate of this soldier. They will decide on his fate and soon we will present videotapes of the coalition soldier and our demand to media," the Taliban commander, named only Bahram, told AFP.

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Insurgents have been behind several kidnappings in Afghanistan and have killed some of their hostages.

There are around 56,000 US soldiers operating in Afghanistan, according to Pentagon figures, in the biggest deployment from one country helping to fight an Islamist insurgency led by the Taliban.

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[jgraz]

1. And now they can torture him. And we can't say a damn thing about it.

[JVS]

2. And when they're done torturing him, they can tell us to look forward

[tekisui]

3. As long as they have the dignity to hide the images.