{"id":12391,"date":"2014-02-07T04:50:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T04:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/taliban-claim-to-have-captured-military-dog\/"},"modified":"2014-02-07T04:49:37","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T04:49:37","slug":"taliban-claim-to-have-captured-military-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/taliban-claim-to-have-captured-military-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Claim to Have Captured ‘Military Dog’"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{The Taliban say they captured a military dog from foreign forces operating in Afghanistan following a battle in the east of the country late last year.}}<\/p>\n

In a video posted on the insurgents’ website on Wednesday and later on Facebook, the Taliban claim the dog was seized from the US military.<\/p>\n

But Western defence sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP the dog belonged to British forces.<\/p>\n

The video shows the animal, whom the Taliban said is named “Colonel”, being held on a leash in a small, well-lit courtyard surrounded by five men holding guns and grenades.<\/p>\n

Wearing a black vest with pouches for equipment, the dark brown canine wags its tail and later perks up its ears as the militants begin chanting “Allah hu Akbar” (“God is greatest”).<\/p>\n

A US defence official told AFP the dog did not belong to the American military. Britain’s Ministry of Defence declined to comment.<\/p>\n

The video’s narrator says three rifles, one pistol, a GPS and a torch were seized together with the dog, after a military operation in Alingar, a volatile district in Afghanistan’s Laghman province.<\/p>\n

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told: “The Mujahideen put up fierce resistance and repelled the attack…<\/p>\n

“The Mujahideen seized some weapons and also a dog which we later learnt the Americans called ‘Colonel’.”<\/p>\n

The Taliban spokesman said Colonel is alive and well, adding that his fate would be determined later.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Kabul confirmed that a military dog had gone missing during a mission in December.<\/p>\n

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AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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