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Beaudry Robert "Bowe" Bergdahl (born March 28, 1986) is a former United States Army soldier who was held captive from 2009 to 2014 by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Taliban Five were five Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay and former high-ranking members of the Taliban government of Afghanistan who, after being held since 2002, indefinitely without charges, were exchanged in 2014 for United States Army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.
Bowe Bergdahl (born 1986), United States Army soldier, who was held captive from June 2009 to May 2014 by the Taliban Johan Bergdahl (born 1962), Swedish fencer Leif Bergdahl (born 1941), Swedish physician and politician
Second, the search for Bowe Bergdahl, in June 2009, had used up so many resources none were available to address the base's unsuitable location. In media In May ...
In an interview with MSNBC anchor Alex Wagner, Hastings discussed his article and said, "There are elements within the Pentagon who don't want to make the trade for Bowe Bergdahl". [53] A White House official subsequently responded to these allegations by informing Hastings that "details of Sergeant Bergdahl's capture are irrelevant". [53]
On May 31, 2014, Army prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to Delta Force operators in exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees in Afghanistan. Bergdahl was captured by the Taliban on June 30, 2009. [25]
[10] [11] On May 31, 2014, the Obama Administration was reported to have swapped 5 prisoners (Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Norullah Nori, Khairullah Khairkhwa, Mohammed Nabi and Mohammed Fazi) in return for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl who was captured after deserting his post.
In 2009 US Army Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl was assigned the designation and triggered an unsuccessful 45-day manhunt when he abandoned his post in Afghanistan intending to hike 20 miles to the closest ISAF command center but was instead captured by the Taliban. [3]