Captured Soldier - Some Good News

Posted By McQ

I understand that's a relative term, but here it is - he's alive and it looks like our guys have a pretty good idea of who has him and where he might be. CNN reports:

An American soldier captured in southeastern Afghanistan is being held by a notorious militant clan, a senior U.S. military official said.

The American and three Afghan soldiers were captured by low-level militants and then quickly "sold" to the clan led by warlord Siraj Haqqani -- believed to be deeply involved in the action.

The Haqqanis operate on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and are well known to the U.S. military. They are assembling shuras, or local councils of leaders, to talk and try to "legitimize" what they have done, the official said.

U.S., Afghan and Pakistani troops are sealing off the area and also are talking to tribal chiefs, village elders and leaders.

They are telling them to "do the right thing and solve this," the official said.

The U.S. military is telling people not to let Haqqani operatives move through their area and to find the American and return him. The military wants to make sure there is "no shelter" for the militants holding him.

"We want to make sure there is no place to hide," the official said.

I'm sure some of our folks at Blackfive or our readers can give us more of an idea of who the Haqqani's are and their association with the Taliban, but frankly it appears we may be getting a handle on this.

The Taliban has claimed they captured the soldier, who they claim was drunk at the time.  The Taliban have been known to lie every now and again.

Meanwhile, prayers for the soldier's safe return are still appropriate.

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Captured Soldier - Some Good News

I understand that's a relative term, but here it is - he's alive and it looks like our guys have a pretty good idea of who has him and where he might be. CNN reports:

An American soldier captured in southeastern Afghanistan is being held by a notorious militant clan, a senior U.S. military official said.

The American and three Afghan soldiers were captured by low-level militants and then quickly "sold" to the clan led by warlord Siraj Haqqani -- believed to be deeply involved in the action.

The Haqqanis operate on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and are well known to the U.S. military. They are assembling shuras, or local councils of leaders, to talk and try to "legitimize" what they have done, the official said.

U.S., Afghan and Pakistani troops are sealing off the area and also are talking to tribal chiefs, village elders and leaders.

They are telling them to "do the right thing and solve this," the official said.

The U.S. military is telling people not to let Haqqani operatives move through their area and to find the American and return him. The military wants to make sure there is "no shelter" for the militants holding him.

"We want to make sure there is no place to hide," the official said.

I'm sure some of our folks at Blackfive or our readers can give us more of an idea of who the Haqqani's are and their association with the Taliban, but frankly it appears we may be getting a handle on this.

The Taliban has claimed they captured the soldier, who they claim was drunk at the time.  The Taliban have been known to lie every now and again.

Meanwhile, prayers for the soldier's safe return are still appropriate.

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