US PoW Bowe Bergdahl freed by Taliban in Afghanistan
A 2009 video still of Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban's al-Emara Jihadi Studio. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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Saturday 31 May 2014
Bowe Bergdahl, the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan, has been freed and is in US custody.
