Posted on 06/02/2014 11:01:28 AM PDT by mojito
Freed US soldier Bowe Bergdahl developed a love for Afghan green tea, taught his captors badminton, and even celebrated Christmas and Easter with the hardline Islamists, according to a Pakistani militant commander.
Bergdahl, the only US prisoner of war in Afghanistan, was released Saturday in exchange for the freeing of five senior Taliban figures held at Guantanamo Bay, in a dramatic deal brokered by Qatar.
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A commander of the Haqqani network, a militant outfit allied with the Taliban with ties to al-Qaeda, on Sunday painted a picture of a man who adjusted to his new life by engaging with his captors while clinging to aspects of his own identity.
"He was fond of kawa (Afghan green tea). He drank a lot of kawa all day, which he mostly prepared himself," the commander told AFP by phone from an undisclosed location in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Over time, Bergdahl, now 28, grew fluent in Pashto and Dari, he said.
Unlike the militants, who were mainly ethnic Pashtuns known for their voracious appetite for meat, Bergdahl "liked vegetables and asked for meat only once or twice a week", the commander said.
While the militants attempted to teach the soldier about Islam and provided him with religious books, he preferred more earthly pursuits.
"He would spend more time playing badminton or helping with cooking," the militant chief said.
"He loved badminton and always played badminton with his handlers. In fact, he taught many fighters about the game," he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I wonder if there are drone videos of this?
Unbelievable......
Sorry
I think this is pure BS
done for some twisted idea of propaganda.
There is NO way those crazed islamist would celebrate the birth of a Jew or the resurrection of Jesus
This sounds like an intentional screw you to America from Obastard
did he go with his new found friends out for target shooting with US and Afghan soldiers being the targets??
Fixed it
If he stays with his parents , they better sleep with one eye open
What’s with all these puff pieces in the media about this guy? He played games with the Taliban, he taught these Islamists about Easter and Christmas??? Where the heck is all of this coming from?????
And are we really supposed to believe all of this????
I’ve read all sorts of accounts of POW’s Vietnam and Bataan and none of them played badminton or were allowed to celebrate Easter and Christmas.
Prisoner of War?
Sounds like vacation.
Did they play leap frog?
No, they wouldn't. That's clearly spin. But take that thought and reverse it: What if this guy converted to Islam while "captured"?
So we traded 5 murderous, evil psychopathic jihadist commanders for this traitorous deserting twerp?
How many MORE are going to die because of this?
Hussein needs to be hung by his nutsack.
sorry ladies for that last one...
It happened long before then.
More likely, ‘hide the salami’.
AH
I think you may be right.
Even before he deserted his emails were really anti America
I almost thought I was reading emails from moochelle
I’ll bet he got the Al Qaeda Physical Fitness Ribbon.
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