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WASHINGTON: U.S. forces attempted to rescue two civilian hostages in Afghanistan last month, but the captives were **t at the location and ** U.S. personnel or civilians were harmed in the attempt, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
"In August, at the recommendation of Secretary Carter, President Obama authorized U.S. forces to conduct a mission in Afghanistan, aimed at recovering two civilian hostages," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the hostages were **t at the location we suspected," Cook said. He added that U.S. forces "engaged and killed a number of hostile forces." The identities of the hostages were **t disclosed. In early August, two faculty members of the American University of Afghanistan, one American and one Australian, were abducted at gunpoint from a road near the university in Kabul. أكثر... ??????? ??????: U.S. attempted to rescue two hostages in Afghanistan - Pentagon || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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