Taliban 'capture two US soldiers' in Afghanistan

http://timesofearth.com/Worldnews/?NT=0&nid=25275 Kabul - The Taliban have captured two US soldiers in Logar province in eastern Afghanistan.
The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) confirmed on Saturday that two of its soldiers were captured.

"Two International Security Assistance Force servicemembers departed their compound in Kabul City in a vehicle on Friday afternoon and did not return," Isaf said in a statement.

Isaf did not specify the nationality of the captured soldiers, but US officials told the Associated Press that the soldiers are Americans.

A Taliban spokesman who earlier announced the capture also described the soldiers as American. He told the Reuters news agency that three US soldiers were initially captured, but that one of them has died.

The governor of the province told AFP news agency that he believes the missing Americans work for a Provincial Reconstruction Team, a military-led development team.

Samer Gul, the administrative head of Charkh district in Logar, said the Taliban noticed the soldiers when their vehicle passed through a market.

"They stopped in the main bazaar of Charkh district. The Taliban saw them in the bazaar," Gul said. "They didn't touch them in the bazaar, but notified other Taliban that a four-wheel vehicle was coming their way."

Gul said the soldiers were captured following a shootout with the Taliban.

A journalist from Reuters reported hearing local radio stations in Logar broadcasting US statements that offered a $20,000 reward for information about the captured Americans.

Logar is southeast of Kabul, the Afghan capital, in an area that has seen growing insurgent activity over the last few years.

Captures of foreign soldiers are rare in Afghanistan. The only other soldier known to have been captured is Bowe Bergdahl, an American who was captured by the Taliban in Paktika province in June 2009. Paktika is near Logar in eastern Afghanistan.

His fate and whereabouts remain unclear, though he appeared in a video released by the Taliban in April.

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[emozombeh]

@ekilla1337 let the war come here cuz america will fuck al qeada up! so do us a favor and go blow yourself up you little cunt

[ekilla1337]

@GrimSkey fuck ur troup ill fuck them

[ekilla1337]

american the war will be on ur ground soon and then u will see no mercy from al qeada just wait

[wiganerrmc]

fuck me 20.000 is that it

but it is stupid to surrender there only gona kill you anyway but on TV

[MegaGreendayfan101]

americans need better training

[cathlic2007]

this is fucking bad they should have robots to do all the work. 

[Mikkhep]

@zatorith Trust me, American soldiers have beaten the ass of Taliban a million times more than what the Taliban have beaten them.

[zatorith]

these americans will all there Armour and weapons cant beat a bunch of silly talibans in sandles and rusty ak 47s

[horeslayer]

@ihs51 please eject Al Qaeda from your mountains and tell the Taliban to stop co-operating with them, then we'll think about leaving sooner than 2014.

[pvtnorzow]

ihs51 fuck you you son of a hippy bitch grow up and realize that we didnt welcome them here on 9/11