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BOISE (KTVB)- There may be new hope for the release of captured Idaho solider Bowe Bergdahl. The international news agency Reuters is reporting the U.S. is rethinking a prisoner swap with the Taliban. The swap would mean releasing detainees from Guantanamo Bay for the return of Sgt...

HAILEY--Thousands lined the streets of Hailey Wednesday for the annual 4th of July Parade. KTVB reports the town did something special this year for the only known American prisoner of war Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. At first, it was your typical parade, American flags, fire trucks, pictures and candy...

By Claudette Roulo American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 8, 2012 – The Defense Department remains focused on efforts to return the only U.S. service member known to be in Taliban captivity to his family, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Emails an American soldier sent to his parents before he was captured by the Taliban three years ago suggest he was disillusioned and considering deserting. Bowe Bergdahl told his parents he was "disgusted" with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and with the Army...

(AP) The parents of a U.S. soldier in captivity for three years after being taken prisoner in Afghanistan are hopeful aggressive negotiations or a prisoner swap could bring their son home. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, was captured in June 2009 and is believed held by a group affiliated with the Taliban, likely somewhere in Pakistan...

Idaho House lawmakers marked Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's third birthday in captivity of a Taliban-allied group in central Asia. Bergdahl is a U.S. soldier from Hailey, Idaho, taken prisoner in Afghanistan in June 2009 who is now being held by the Haqqani network. The now-26-year-old Bergdahl was born March 28, 1986.

It has been 1,000 days since Bowe Bergdahl, a soldier from Hailey  was captured in Afghanistan and the fight to bring him home continues. In fact, it's now a nationwide fight.  Last month.  the Weber family from Wausau, Wisconsin vowed to gather 30,000 signatures by March 26th to gain awareness.

A Wisconsin family has started a petition drive to try and help bring a Hailey soldier back home from Afghanistan.   Bowe Bergdahl, a 25-year-old Army sergeant from Hailey, was taken prisoner two and a half years ago by the Taliban. He is the only known American prisoner of war currently being held...

The Taliban is publicly expressing interest in negotiating with Washington.  According to the Washington Post, those talks could involve captured Idaho soldier Bowe Bergdahl and it could lead to a possible prisoner exchange deal.

A national website reports that an Idaho soldier who has been held captive in Afghanistan for the past 2 1/2 years may have tried to escape from his captors.

An Idaho soldier being held captive in the Afghan war has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. A promotion certificate was presented to the parents of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at the family's home near Hailey earlier this week.

On Friday,  Robert Bergdahl, father of Spc. Bowe Bergdahl, the Idaho soldier taken captive by the Taliban while serving in Afghanistan, uploaded a YouTube video, pleading for his son's safe return.

A newly released Taliban video shows the only U.S. soldier held captive in the Afghan war being blindfolded and led away by an insurgent. It appears a portion of the same video was released months ago. The SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks militant websites, says the video released on Jihadist forums Wednesday shows Spc. Bowe Bergdahl standing next to Sangin Zadran, a senior official in the al