Taliban 'to decide' on abducted US soldier's fate

telegraph.co.uk
Aug. 9, 2009
A militant commander who is holding a US soldier abducted in Afghanistan has said that Taliban leader Mullah Omar's council is waiting for a response to its demands before deciding the American's fate.
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