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Fox News: Breaking News U.S. Military Says Insurgents Capture an American Soldier in Eastern Afghanistan
MSNBC: BREAKING NEWS: U.S. military says American soldier captured in eastern Afghanistan
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Military official says American soldier missing since Tuesday has been captured by insurgents ineastern Afghanistan and 'all resources' are being used to find him.
BREAKING NEWS - U.S. military spokeswoman says insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan.
Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said the soldier has been missing since Tuesday. She said she could not provide further information.
Mathias said the military was using "all our resources to find him and provide for his safe return."
The soldier was not taking part in the major military operation launched in the southern Taliban stronghold of Helmand early Thursday.
----- Fox News
KABUL - An American soldier has been captured in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Officials said the soldier had been missing since June 30 and is "now believed to have been captured by militant forces".
NBC News reported that the Taliban claimed to have captured three U.S. soldiers in the eastern province of Khost on the border with Pakistan. However, the report was unconfirmed.
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[h2]Insurgents capture GI in Afghanistan[/h2]
U.S. military says serviceman has been missing since June 30, was not taking part in massive Helmand operation. Full story
msnbc.com and NBC News
updated 5 minutes ago
Insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said the soldier went missing on Tuesday.
"We are using all of our resources to find him and provide for his safe return," she said.
Mathias said details on the soldier, the location where he was captured or the circumstances surrounding his disappearance were not being released "to protect the soldier's well-being."
However, NBC News reported that the Taliban claimed to have captured three U.S. soldiers in the eastern province of Khost. The claim could not be verified.
Zabiullah Mujaheed, a spokesman for the Taliban, did not confirm that the soldier was with any of their militant forces. A myriad of insurgent groups operate in eastern Afghanistan.