The first US war-prisoner in the south of afghanistan part 1/3

hometown. The Pentagon confirmed his identity Sunday - nearly three weeks after he went missing amid conflicting reports. On July 2, two US officials conceded a soldier had "just walked off" his base near the border with Pakistan with three Afghans after his shift, but wouldn't release details. Four days later, the Taliban claimed "a drunken American soldier had come out of his garrison" and was captured by mujahedeen. In the case of the New York Times' Rohde, who escaped with an ...

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