Reports: Only American Soldier Held As A Prisoner By The Taliban Attempts An Escape

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U.S. Prisoner Bowe Bergdahl’s Failed Attempt to Escape From Taliban -- Daily Beast

In exclusive interviews, Afghan insurgents reveal how Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, imprisoned by the Taliban in Pakistan since 2009, made a bold bid for freedom—but was quickly recaptured.

He is believed to be the only American soldier held in captivity by the Taliban—and about three months ago he made a daring break for freedom.

One night in late August or early September, 25-year-old Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, of Hailey, Idaho, jumped from a first-floor window of the mud-brick house in Pakistan in which he had been imprisoned and headed into the nearby underbrush and forested mountains, according to three reliable militant sources who got the story from fighters who were present during the prisoner’s attempted escape. They spoke exclusively to the Daily Beast.

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Update: Report: GI Tried to Escape From Taliban Captors -- Military.com/McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

My Comment: It is amazing that he is still alive. More info on Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl can be found at Wikipedia.

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