Taliban says US soldier to be killed 'in days'

The US military searched for an 11th day today for a US commando missing in eastern Afghanistan.

The US military searched for an 11th day today for a US commando missing in eastern Afghanistan.

The Taliban said their guerrillas were interrogating the man and would kill him within days.

The US military has said it has no information to suggest the commando, part of a four-man team that went missing during a clash with militants in mountainous Kunar province on June 28th, has been captured.

A Taliban spokesman said video of the man would be provided to media organisations. He said the Taliban website - www.alemarah.com - on which the guerrillas intended to post pictures of the commando, had been blocked by the Americans.

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The US military has said two members of the missing commando team were found dead on Monday, and had been "killed in action", while another had been rescued.

A US helicopter sent to aid the team was shot down the same day they went missing, killing all 16 troops aboard, the heaviest losses for US forces in a single combat operation since they overthrew the Taliban in late 2001.