World / Taliban New Taliban Video Shows Captive US Soldier Bowe Bergdahl spotted in propaganda video By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted Dec 8, 2010 4:00 AM CST Copied Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho, was 23 when he was captured by the Taliban in June last year. (AP Photo/The Bergdahl Family, file) The Taliban's only known American captive appears in a new propaganda video posted online. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured in Afghanistan nearly 18 months ago, was last seen in a Taliban video released in April. There is no indication when the scenes in the video were recorded, but Bergdahl's family have confirmed that the thin Westerner that appears in the video is the missing soldier, CNN reports. (More Taliban stories.) Report an error