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A man believed to be Bowe Bergdahl is pictured in a frame grab from a video released by the Taliban. The image was released by IntelCenter on Dec. 8, 2010.

Taliban offers to exchange American Army prisoner

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The Afghan Taliban have offered to exchange Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban leaders being held at Guantanamo Bay. The move is sure to divide those who refuse to return Taliban leaders and those who demand Bergdahl be returned to the United States as soon as possible. He was captured in 2009 at the age of 23 and had been held since.

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Questions surround increased US-Pakistan cooperation

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Bill Keller explains why The New York Times held the story of captured Taliban commander

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US, Pakistani intelligence forces capture senior Taliban figure

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