Taliban handoff of Bowe Bergdahl

Jun 4, 2014, 1:54 PM | Updated: 1:55 pm

The Taliban on Wednesday released a video of the handover of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
The American soldier was traded for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo over the weekend.

The video, several minutes long, was emailed to media. The Idaho native was freed Saturday after five years in captivity in exchange for five Taliban Guantanamo detainees.

Bergdahl has been at a military hospital in Germany since his release. He was reported to be in stable condition.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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