New light is being shed on efforts to locate a 57-year-old American military contractor who was kidnaped in Afghanistan.
The process initiated by the U.S., without inclusion of women or the Afghan government, has put progress in Afghanistan at risk.
Though the Haqqanis are known to carry out assassinations and kidnappings for ransom, the Taliban leadership has not acknowledged Frerichs’ capture.U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican and Army veteran who led the teams that searched for Bowe Bergdahl after the Army soldier abandoned his post and wound up captured by the Taliban, said the Taliban frequently hides American hostages until they can move them over the border into Pakistan.
The senior U.S. government official and the Defense Department source with knowledge of the raid, who also requested anonymity, said the SEAL platoon was not met with Taliban resistance and that once at the compound, they detained several alleged Haqqani militants and uncovered a weapons cache.
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