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AFPKABUL (AFP) - The US-led coalition said Wednesday it was investigating reports that a soldier was missing in Afghanistan, as the Taliban claimed to have captured a foreign trooper.
"We have unconfirmed reports that a soldier is missing. We are investigating," coalition spokesman Major Chris Belcher told AFP.
Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said the movement had captured a foreign soldier in uniform in the Sangin district of volatile southern Helmand province.
"One NATO force soldier with a uniform and gun was captured by our mujahideen (holy warriors) yesterday (Tuesday)," Ahmadi told AFP by telephone from an unknown location.
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Afghanistan Taliban say have missing foreign soldier
KABUL, June 13 (Reuters) - A foreign soldier went missing on Wednesday in Afghanistan and the country's Taliban movement said it had kidnapped him.
Two officials for the U.S.-led military and for NATO confirmed to Reuters that a foreign soldier went missing in an area of southern Helmand province, part of the Taliban's main bastion.
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