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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:22 PM

Published 07/02/2009 by Telegraph


Taliban 'capture' US soldier

A commander of the Taliban's hardline Haqqani faction has claimed its militia has captured the US soldier missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan for three days. The unnamed soldier had been missing from his unit since June 30.

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