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Bowe Bergdahl's father receives death threats, FBI investigates
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe father of Bowe Bergdahl, the Idaho soldier released from captivity in a controversial prisoner swap with the Taliban, has received emailed death threats that the FBI is investigating
Obama unapologetic about swapping Taliban prisoners for Bergdahl
Fp Archives • 11 years agoPresident Barack Obama vehemently refused to apologise on Thursday for doing a prisoner trade with the Taliban to free a US soldier.
Taliban releases handing over video of detained US soldier Bergdahl
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe video shows a Bergdahl, clean shaven, dressed in a white salwar kameez and with a shaved head, waiting in a white pick-up truck as Taliban militants outside lean in to talk to him. He appears to blink in the bright light, assenting as they speak.
Taliban prisoners freed by U.S. will rejoin battle, fear Afghans
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a U.S. soldier has drawn criticism from some Afghans, who say the detainees are dangerous and will rekindle ties with terrorist networks to resume fighting, just as most foreign troops leave.
Freed US soldier Bergdahl's parents praise son, thankful for his release
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe father of an American soldier released from captivity said he is proud of how far his son, Bowe Bergdahl, was willing to go to help the Afghan people.
Afghanistan: Last US prisoner of war freed
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe last US prisoner of war from America's waning Afghan war was handed over to U.S. Special Operations forces in Afghanistan on Saturday in a dramatic swap for five Taliban detainees who were released from Guantanamo Bay prison and flown to Qatar.
US Defence Secretary Hagel meets team that rescued Bowe Bergdahl
Fp Archives • 11 years agoUS Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel met with more than a dozen members of the special operations team that participated in the rescue of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl.
Here are the 5 Taliban prisoners released in exchange of US soldier
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe five Taliban prisoners being turned over by the United States to Qatar in a deal with the Taliban for the release of a U.S. soldier. Here is a look at the five men.