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A video was released of Army Private Bowe R. Bergdahl, who is currently captured by the Taliban. Nicholas Schmidle, a New American Foundation fellow, and Wall Street Journal reporter Anand Gopal join The Takeaway to talk about what this video means.
A chilling video was released last weekend of the first U.S. soldier, Army Private Bowe R. Bergdahl, to be captured by the Taliban since the war started in Afghanistan. The 23-year-old was serving with an infantry regiment in Eastern Afghanistan when he was captured. Nicholas Schmidle, a fellow at the New American Foundation and author of “To Live or To Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years Inside Pakistan” joins The Takeaway to talk about what this video means. And from Kabul, Afghanistan, Wall Street Journal reporter Anand Gopal also joins the discussion.