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Taliban militants captured two American service members who were driving a civilian vehicle in a particularly dangerous region of Logar Province south of Kabul on Friday, according to officials and local residents.
The capture prompted a wide manhunt by the American military, including searches by military helicopters and radio broadcasts of a $20,000 reward for information leading to the Americans’ return.
Local officials in Logar began receiving unconfirmed reports late Saturday afternoon that one of the two Americans may have been killed, and that the other one was still alive, said Din Mohammed Darwish, the spokesman for the Logar provincial governor. A NATO official said he did not know whether that was true.
The Taliban have reportedly claimed responsibility for seizing the two Americans, but Mr. Darwish said local officials knew little more. “We don’t know what their demands are,” he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/world/asia/25taliban.html?_r=2&hp
The capture prompted a wide manhunt by the American military, including searches by military helicopters and radio broadcasts of a $20,000 reward for information leading to the Americans’ return.
Local officials in Logar began receiving unconfirmed reports late Saturday afternoon that one of the two Americans may have been killed, and that the other one was still alive, said Din Mohammed Darwish, the spokesman for the Logar provincial governor. A NATO official said he did not know whether that was true.
The Taliban have reportedly claimed responsibility for seizing the two Americans, but Mr. Darwish said local officials knew little more. “We don’t know what their demands are,” he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/world/asia/25taliban.html?_r=2&hp
