Prisoner Swap Frees U.S. Soldier Held by Taliban for 5 Years

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Prisoner Swap Frees U.S. Soldier Held by Taliban for 5 Years
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Breaking with its long-held policy of refusing to negotiate with terrorist organizations (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2013/01/203041.htm), the White House has agreed to release five Taliban prisoners in exchange for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been held by the Taliban (http://mashable.com/category/taliban/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in Afghanistan (http://mashable.com/category/afghanistan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) since June 30, 2009

The peaceful transfer of Bergdahl into the hands of American special-operations forces took place on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. ET


See also: White House Mistakenly Reveals Identity of Afghanistan's Top Spy (http://mashable.com/2014/05/26/white-house-afghanistan-cia-******r/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Once in transit away from his former captors, Bergdahl asked if the team taking him away was a U.S. special-forces team, at which point one of the soldiers confirmed his guess and said, "Yes, we've been looking for you for a long time," according to The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/only-american-pow-from-afghan-war-is-freed.html). At that point, Bergdahl reportedly broke down in tears. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/31/prisoner-swap-soldier-freed-taliban/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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