Two soldiers missing in Afghanistan
Two U.S. navy sailors went missing on Friday when they were driving in a Taliban-held area in Eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claims they kidnapped both of them and killed one. They are offering to exchange the body of the dead sailor with one of the prisoners being held by the U.S. It was also reported that the United States braodcast an offer of $20,000 for information leading to the return of the soldiers. Anand Gopal, reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, has more from Afghanistan.
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