[Baz]

EDIT: Since posting this story I have learned more details about this soldier's situation and now am a bit unsure whether or not to celebrate. My initial thoughts were we should all be happy about a soldier's release from his captors....no matter what. But in this situation......like an iceberg....there's more unseen under the surface which should be looked at more carefully before steaming ahead.....

YMMV.....sorry if I pulled the trigger too quick. But I think it's a topic worthy of discussion regardless so that is a positive.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Obama administration officials said Saturday.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. special operations forces by the Taliban Saturday evening, local time, in an area of eastern Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border. Officials said the exchange was not violent and the 28-year-old Bergdahl was in good condition and able to walk.

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This post does not belong in PARF - please do not turn the thread into a hate filled spewing contest.