. >> reporter: the two navy personnel left kabul down this road into logar province. it's an example of security deteriorating here. we're only a few miles from downtown kabul, but this is as far as i can go down this road. beyond me, the risk of kidnapping and an attack is high. >> release me, please. >> reporter: the only other american in taliban custody is bo bergdahl. u.s. officials believe he's been taken to pakistan where the u.s. military cannot openly operate. bergdahl's captivity is believed to be hell. what the navy personnel are likely going through. >> they don't know if they're going to live or die, and they don't know when this is going to stop, when it's going to go away. and the other hard part for them is, they're no longer in a position where they are allowed to make decisions for themselves. >> reporter: the search continues, but every day that goes by makes a rescue less likely. nick schifrin, abc news, kabul. >>> and for more on this, let's bring in our senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz from washington. martha, as you know so we

now, afghan government officials in logar province just south of kabul say there was a brief fire fight between this vehicle and the taliban and that the taliban ultimately captured these two individuals. the u.s. military has yet to officially confirm that, but the military has been searching that area where that armored vehicle was last seen. now, the military says they are wasting no effort and time trying to find these two individuals and are trying to do everything they can to bring them home. in kandahar, afghanistan, connor powell, fox news. >>> a bombing in baghdad today killed an off-duty policeman. iraqi police say militants placed a so-called sticky bomb on a car and used a remote control to detonate it. at least three other people were injured. >>> bombings occur almost daily in iraq, along with frequent drive-by shootings and kidnappings. u.s. forces are scheduled to formally end combat operations there at the end of august. iraqi intelligence gathering largely depends on information supplied by the u.s. >>> in other news of the world tonight, in the sea of japan, the u.s.

inexplicably, the pair reportedly showed up 80 miles away in logar province, afghan officials say the americans were ambushed by taliban fighters. in a fierce fight, one sailor was killed and the other taken hostage. their bullet-riddled suv was found stripped clean, but no sign of the sailors. u.s. forces are distributing leaflets with their photos, translated, they read, this american troop is missing. and they offer a $20,000 reward for information leading to their location. military experts warn as the u.s. ramps up counterinsurgency operations, more american forces will be at risk. >> they're going to be in smaller units, they're going to be in villages where they're trying to convince local leaders to support the government. it's possible we might see this again. >> reporter: in fact, more americans have already been killed in combat in the past two months than at any other time in nearly nine years of the war. nbc's jim maceda embedded with the american forces in kandahar. >>> soldiers of the storied 101st airborne are having to deal with heat at 120 degrees, dust that gets int

. >> reporter: this is logar, the region where two u.s. sailors have disappeared in afghanistan. a massive air and ground search is under way to find them. taliban representatives told cbs news they have been taken to a secure location. u.s. military confirms two navy service members left their base in kabul friday, and then disappeared in the lowgar province, their engine crawling with taliban fighters. the local afghan chief says taliban fighters tried to stop the sailor's vehicle but when it kept going, insurgents opened fire and the troops shot back. the only u.s. soldier believed to be held by the taliban is boberg dahl from idaho, he disappeared in 2009 and reappeared on videos posted by the taliban. the troops search for the servicemen and others continue to come under attack. although troops survived the roadside bombing attack with only minor injuries, the u.s. military says five american soldiers have been killed, in separate bomb attack, saturday. last month was the deadliest for u.s. forces in afghanistan, since the war began. and now, american troops can only hope th

military confirms two navy service members left their base in kabul friday, then disappeared in the logar province, a region crawling with taliban fighters. local afghan chief said taliban fighter tried to stop the vehicle but when it kept going they opened fire and the troops shot back t only u.s. soldier believed to be held by the taliban is bowe bergdahl from idaho. he disappeared in 2009 and has reappeared on videos posted by the taliban. while they search others continue to come under attack. although they survived this roadside bomb attack they say 5 american soldiers have been killed in separate bomb attacks saturday. last month was the deadliest for u.s. forces in afghanistan since the war began. now, american troops can only hope their two missing colleagues can be found alive. gata, cbs news. hundreds of thousands of . >>> 18 people tied in a stampede at a rave in germany. hundreds of thousands of party- goers attended the love parade festival. police are trying to piece together exactly what led to the panic but they say the stampede happened in a crowded tunnel after they turn

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in logar province hundreds of u.s. troops continued to search for a member of the u.s. navy who is believed to be held by the taliban. the body of a second sailor was recovered today. the two men disappeared friday after being ambushed by insurgents. they were in afghanistan on a training mission. pakistan is not the only one of afghanistan's neighbors mentioned in these documents. iran is also accused of helping the afghan insurgents. but is it? richard roth put that question to president mahmoud ahmadinejad in tehran today during this exclusive interview. >> reporter: an aide sitting out of camera range gestured his irritation at our questions about afghanistan. the president himself just flatly rejected the explosive charges in the leaked documents. you don't deny, mr. president, that iran supports the taliban. >> ( translated ): we do not support any group. we just and only support the afghan people. we support and we want to strengthen security in afghanistan. we think the afghan people should run their own country. we think the root causes related to the intervent

network or the hikmanchur network, a week ago we had 11 of our workers kidnapped by the taliban in logarrovince which is near where these two american soldiers had been kidnapped or killed, and our leader -- our manager, waqil within a few hours met with the elders in the province and they assurrender that the taliban who kidnapped our 11 workers -- they ascertained that the taliban who kidnapped our workers were basically outsiders, so they contacted the haqqani taliban, it's local, it's their turf, within 20 hours the workers were released unharmed, we obviously wouldn't pay any money for them but it had to do with their knowledge of how the factionallized taliban groups are within that province. these two american soldiers who were kidnapped or killed three days ago -- they were in chark, which is in southern kuinar, a dangerous network. you have to understand how complex it is. it isn't just taliban. it's a very complex network and people resent the taliban. the people want education. they want peace. they want stability. but when there is a void and the taliban come in, often at gun

he and another petty officer disappeared in logar province last month. the other man's body was found sunday. have not explained why the two nato have not explained why the two americans were out by themselves, in dangerous country. the scandal at arlington national cemetery may be getting worse. that word came as u.s. senators raised new alarms about the confusion over who's buried where. the problems with mixed up and misidentified graves at arlington appeared to mushroom today. at a senate oversight hearing, democrat claire mccaskill said it could be much worse than initial estimates of up to 211 burial sites. >> the problems with the graves at arlington may be far more extensive than previously acknowledged. at a conservative estimate, 4,900 to 6,600 graves may be unmarked, improperly marked, or mislabeled on the cemetery's maps. >> sreenivasan: mccaskill cited her own investigation, but gave no details. last month, army investigators blamed arlington's problems on years of shoddy record-keeping and mismanagement. in short order, the two men tasked w

what's still baffling however is how they ended up 80 miles to the south in logar province where the armored suv driven by the two sailors was first spotted. the taliban set up an ambush, there was a shoot-out, one american was apparently killed. now u.s. military officials will not confirm the details of that account but they can't refute it either. an intensive manhunt is under way, search operations there in that area of afghanistan this morning, u.s. military have set up checkpoints, passing out leaflets with photographs of the two soldiers or two sailors offering $20,000 reward. >> to the extent the taliban has acknowledged this does that suggest there are going to be some negotiations or demands for their release? >> well, there are some reports already that one taliban group, not sure who it is exactly, are demanding the release of taliban prisoners in exchange for the body of a dead american. however, u.s. military officials repeated rather strongly this morning it remains u.s. policy not to negotiate for the release of hostages. >> nbc's jim miklaszewski, mik, thanks so much

but inexplicably the pair ended up 80 miles away from logar province. that's where officials say they were ambushed by taliban forces saying one sailor was killed and the other taken hostage. the suv was found riddled with bullets. despite the claims, u.s. military officials say they have no confirmation that either of the sailors was killed. they are concerned the taliban may take the americans across the border into pakistan, out of reach of the u.s. military. along that line, the new york times reports today on over 90,000 classified documents obtained through wikileaks revealing some officials have supported the taliban in its violence against afghanistan and the u.s. military fighting there. >> what i think was surprising was not only the volume but the detail of the information. some of the reports had named pakistani spies, operatives meeting with various militant groups. >> reporter: the white house issued an immediate, strong response to the release of these documents. national security adviser jim jones condemning the release of classified mat