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| Taliban Claim 2 US Troops Captured in Afghanistan |
| 2010-07-24 |
| Taliban officials say they have captured two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province. The Taliban made the claim Saturday and the Reuters news agency reports local radio stations were broadcasting offers from the United States to pay $20,000 for information leading the release of the soldiers. The International Security Assistance Force said Saturday it was searching for two troops who did not return after leaving their compound in Kabul City on Friday. Meanwhile, the United Nations Mission in Kabul tells VOA's Afghan service that three Bangladeshis have been kidnapped in the country's northern Samangan province. Afghan officials said the Bangladeshis were working for a South Korean construction company and blamed the incident on the Taliban. Earlier, NATO officials said five U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate bombings in southern Afghanistan, where international forces are stepping up their fight against the Taliban. The International Security Assistance Force said Saturday that four of its troops were killed by the blast of an improvised explosive device, which is commonly used by the Taliban insurgency. Later, NATO announced the death of a fifth soldier in a separate IED attack. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #2 AP sez they're Navy. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-07-24 15:11 |
| #1 Samer Gul, district chief of Charkh district in Logar province, said Saturday that a four-wheel drive armored vehicle was seen Friday night by a guard working for the district chief's office. The guard tried to flag down the vehicle, carrying a driver and a passenger, but it kept going, Gul said. "They stopped in the main bazaar of Charkh district. The Taliban saw them in the bazaar," Gul said. "They didn't touch them in the bazaar, but notified other Taliban that a four-wheel vehicle was coming their way." The second group of Taliban tried to stop the vehicle, but when it didn't, insurgents opened fire and the two occupants in the vehicle shot back, he said. NATO said a search is under way for the missing service members. According to Gul, one may have been killed and the other taken hostage by the Taliban. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-07-24 11:35 |