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Two sailors cant be found that they are in the hands of the taliban. they could end up in captivity for a very long period of time as private bo burr del has as well. >> conor powell live for us in kabul. thanks. north korea as the communist country continues its bluster. the united states and south korea holding joint military exercises right off the korean peninsula. the peck reports 20 ships, 200 aircraft and 8,000 sailors are sharpening their response to potential threats from north korean s...

Short time ago. >> now, what we are told is there is one dead american service member? >> thats right, t. j. we actually came up from a briefing with the head of the joint chiefs of staff that said he cannot comment further. when i asked him if this was unusual, he said it was an unusual circumstance. according to of a afghan official in logar province, they said one american was killed and the other one is now being held in captivity after the briefing, right as it ended, the taliban spokespers...

Fire fight broke. the taliban wanted to capture both of them alive, but because of the fire fight, one was killed and the other was taken to a safe location, as he put it, t. j. >> atia, its kate bolduan here. i believe you spoke to a spokesperson with the taliban, if i am correct. have they made demands as to what they want in return for the one service member they have in captivity? >> thats a very good question, kate. usually when the taliban take a hostage, they do have demands in returning ...

Heard that two americans were captured in a civilian vehicle, and a fire fight broke, and the taliban wanted to capture both of them alive, and because of the fire fight, one was killed and the other taken to a safe location, as he put it. >> i believe you spoke to a spokesperson with the taliban, if i am correct. have they made demands as to what they want in return for the serviceman in captivity? >> reporter: usually when the taliban do take servicemen, they usually do have something. when i ...

Insurgents that have been detained. these two men now will-- are the second and third u.s. troops that are in captivity by the taliban and there is another soldier and a u.s. army soldier who went missing last june. these three now are the only known u.s. service members that are in taliban captivity here in afghanistan, guys. >> all right. so worrisome. let us know what you find out there, connor, well check back with you. >> here are the rest of your headlines. iowas governor says immediate da...

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We got out of the car, and i remember it very clearly. i could hear a bird sing. there was a tree. >> right. >> and my interpreter asked me to give some gas money to my driver. i took some pakistani money out. i went over to him, gave him the money. and he came up to me, and i could see that his eyes were watery. and he hugged me, and he kissed me. i have been in afghanistan and worked over there since 1973. all of my years with pashtun men, with afghans, never once has anyone kissed me. i knew ...

Who dared to go into the heart of taliban country in pakistan and barely escaped with his life. he was the second u.s. journalist to be abducted in pakistan, the first, daniel perle of "the wall street journal" was beheaded. in his new book, "captive, my time as a prisoner of the kalz," jere van dyk describe howd he survived in captivity with the taliban. >> jere, you decided to head into one of the most dangerous regions, one of the most dangerous areas in all of the world. first, did you know ...