Taliban sources have told Al Jazeera they are holding one of the two US servicemen who went missing in eastern Afghanistan's Logar province, and say the other is dead. The two servicemen went missing after they departed their compound in Kabul City on Friday afternoon and did not return, prompting a massive seach operation, Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said on Saturday. "The unit dispatched vehicles and rotary-winged assets to search for them and their vehicle, and the search is ongoing," Isaf said in a statement. Isaf did not specify the nationality of the missing soldiers, but US officials told the Associated Press news agency (AP) that they are American.
Taliban sources have told Al Jazeera they are holding one of the two US servicemen who went missing in eastern Afghanistan's Logar province, and say the other is dead.
The two servicemen went missing after they departed their compound in Kabul City on Friday afternoon and did not return, prompting a massive seach operation, Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said on Saturday.
"The unit dispatched vehicles and rotary-winged assets to search for them and their vehicle, and the search is ongoing," Isaf said in a statement.
Isaf did not specify the nationality of the missing soldiers, but US officials told the Associated Press news agency (AP) that they are American.
The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a US navy member they say was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said today.US and Nato officials confirmed that two US navy personnel went missing on Friday in the eastern province of Logar after an armoured sports utility vehicle was seen driving into a Taliban-held area. Afghan officials believe one was killed and the other captured when they apparently took a wrong turn into a dangerous area.Abdul Wali, the head of the provincial governing council, said the Taliban had made the offer through intermediaries. Local authories had responded, he said, by saying: "Let's talk about the one who is still alive." The insurgents said they would have to talk to their superiors before making any deal.Local media in Logar reported the Taliban as claiming responsibility for the attack on the two Americans. However, a Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said he had no information about US sailors in Taliban hands. He said he was looking into the reports and, for the moment, the Taliban was not claiming responsiblity.
The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a US navy member they say was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said today.
US and Nato officials confirmed that two US navy personnel went missing on Friday in the eastern province of Logar after an armoured sports utility vehicle was seen driving into a Taliban-held area. Afghan officials believe one was killed and the other captured when they apparently took a wrong turn into a dangerous area.
Abdul Wali, the head of the provincial governing council, said the Taliban had made the offer through intermediaries. Local authories had responded, he said, by saying: "Let's talk about the one who is still alive." The insurgents said they would have to talk to their superiors before making any deal.
Local media in Logar reported the Taliban as claiming responsibility for the attack on the two Americans. However, a Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said he had no information about US sailors in Taliban hands. He said he was looking into the reports and, for the moment, the Taliban was not claiming responsiblity.
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