Posted on 07/04/2005 5:23:19 AM PDT by Nasty McPhilthy
KABUL (Reuters) - A second American soldier missing in Afghanistan after a special forces helicopter was shot down last week has been located, a provincial governor said Monday.
The governor of Kunar province, where a team of U.S. troops went missing last Tuesday, said Afghan forces received information that a wounded American was being treated by villagers in a remote mountainous part of the province.
The soldier was in the same area as that where a U.S. helicopter sent to rescue troops operating there was shot down on Tuesday, killing all 16 U.S. Special Forces soldiers aboard.
U.S. military spokesmen in Kabul have declined to confirm reports quoting unidentified Pentagon officials as saying one missing Special Forces soldier was rescued on Saturday after evading militants for five days
Hopefully, we've already picked him up. Great news on the Fourth!
Prayers are answered. Continue praying for these other hero's.
Praying for our heros !
Good News! pong
Good news over here!
Hooah! Good news! Thanks for the head's up! Happy Fourth!
Wonderful news!
Somewhere, Col. James Rowe is smiling benevolently. Those who know don't need an explanation.
This is wonderful news! I have been worried about these guys all weekend and could not get much info about them until the last 24 hours. There are 2 others missing. I hope to God they will be found and are okay.
Great news and much thanks to the locals who assisted in his recovery.
That's two! Praise God from Whom all blessings flow....
My God, our guys are good. Hopefully, the other two are going to make it.
Silver lining.
Winning the hearts and minds...
Excellent, there's two! I sure hope the rest of them come in OK.
Wonderful!
Yeah that's a surprise that villagers assisted him. That's nice to know that we do have friends in some areas of the world.
I'm really looking forward to hearing the story on this if it can be told. Seems odd that they would be separated.
Wonderful news.
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