Taliban proposes prisoner swap with the USA

23 years old Bowe Bergdahl disappeared in eastern Afghanistan in 2009 and held reportedly captured by the Taliban.

Taliban say they will release a U.S. soldier who has been held since 2009 if the United States does the same with five Guantánamo detainees.

It said Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told The AP from the newly opened Taliban office in Doha, Qatar.

He says the Taliban are willing to release the 23-year-old American sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared in eastern Afghanistan 30 June 2009.

In return, they want the United States to release five senior members of the Islamist movement, detained at Guantanamo Bay.

According to the spokesman to the American soldier be in good shape.

Deadlock
The statements from the Taliban comes as the relationship between the U.S. and Afghanistan has escalated.

Wednesday interrupted Afghan President Hamid Karzai the ongoing negotiations with the U.S. on security question after 2014, partly in protest against the name Taliban has chosen its new Doha office .

It was Thursday scheduled peace talks between U.S. and Taliban in Qatar, but this has been postponed.

Norway has played a key role in efforts to thaw the negotiations between Afghanistan, the U.S. and the Taliban, and Taliban representatives have been visiting in Norway during the process that led to the creation of the office in Doha.