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Taliban: We’ll Kidnap More Like Bergdahl

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Says the prisoner swap was a good deal.

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Reuters

According to one Taliban commander, the exchange of five imprisoned Taliban commanders for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will make his group more likely to kidnap American soldiers and other profitable targets. “It’s better to kidnap one person like Bergdahl than kidnapping hundreds of useless people. It has encouraged our people. Now everybody will work hard to capture such an important bird,” the unnamed commander said.

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