Bergdahl Exchange

• Attorney Says Former US POW Bergdahl Grateful to Obama For Freedom

  U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is grateful to President Barack Obama for the prisoner exchange that freed him from five years as a captive of the Taliban and wishes for privacy concerning family matters, his attorney said on Wednesday.

• Despite Bergdahl Swap, Peace Talks Still in Limbo

  Even with the release of five Taliban detainees in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (boh BURG'-dahl), there are few indications the militant group will head into peace talks with the Afghan government anytime soon.

• Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel Defends Trade For US Soldier

  Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered an aggressive defense of the secret prisoner exchange of five Taliban detainees for a U.S. soldier, telling Congress that the risks were too great and the situation too uncertain for the administration to tell lawmakers about the plan.

• No Apology for US Army Sergeant Bergdahl, Taliban Prisoner Exchange: Obama

  President Barack Obama said Thursday he "absolutely makes no apologies" for seeking the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in a prisoner swap with the Taliban, vigorously defending an exchange that has caused a furor in the United States and has dogged the president on his European trip this week.

• Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl Looked Sick, Drugged in Video: Senator

  The soldier who was returned to US forces in exchange for the release of five Taliban operatives looked sick and drugged in a proof-of-life video, US senators said Wednesday.

• White House Apologizes to Lawmakers over Prisoner Swap

  The White House apologized for keeping lawmakers in the dark regarding the exchange of an American soldier for five Taliban fighters, senators said Tuesday, as controversy grew over the issue.

• Touch and Go on Bergdahl Release Until Very End

  Right up until the moment Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was freed, U.S. officials were not sure the Taliban would really release the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan in exchange for high-level militants detained at Guantanamo Bay.

• Congress Consulted on Bergdahl Exchange: Barack Obama

  President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his decision to release five Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for an American soldier's freedom, saying his administration had consulted with Congress "for some time" about that possibility.

• Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Says Prisoner Swap Was 'Big Victory'

  Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar on Sunday hailed the release of five senior insurgents in exchange for US soldier Bowe Bergdahl as a "big victory".

• Taliban suspends talks on held US soldier Bowe Bergdahl

  Afghanistan's Taliban said Sunday they had suspended "mediation" with the United States to exchange captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.

• Taliban offer to free US soldier in exchange of five senior operatives

  The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a US soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday.