deputy intelligence chief and former governor. significant players on the side of the taliban. they were fighting the civil war pre- 9/11. they were not senior al qaeda figures but there s going to be a lot of information that bowe bergdahl has here about the taliban. the military would like to get from him. his reintegration and effort to help him recover physically and mentally and find out if he has actionable timely intelligence that could be used against the taliban. today in afghanistan, a service member has been killed in enemy action there. the fight in afghanistan is not over. information that sergeant bergdahl has may be useful to military. that s going to be part of the process that he s going through here right now, carol. nic robertson from germany this morning. it s been five agonizing
five terror suspects being held at guantanamo bay. bergdahl s mother sent a heart wrenching mother to her son. five years is a seemingly endless long time but you ve made it. i imagine you are more compassionate than ever. you are free. freedom is yours. i will see you soon, my beloved son. i love you bowe. let s bring in nic robertson joining us live from germany where bergdahl is receiving treatment. good morning, nic. reporter: good morning, carol. well, sergeant bergdahl is receiving treatment here. we re just now seeing the five taliban people who were exchanged for his freedom in qatar. they include a former deputy defense chief, a former head of the interior ministry, former
afghans and pakistanis in order to get some of their own prisoners released from the jails in the country so this is standard operating procedure for the taliban. they d made these demands. there had been efforts in the past over the past couple of years to try and organize the release of these five men, one of them a former deputy defense chief, one a former interior minister, one a former deputy head of intelligence, another one a governor, the taliban in several provinces and afghanistan, senior figures inside the taliban that they wanted released. it hadn t happened. there had been snags along the way and this time it worked and these men have now been freed and they re on their way back to qatar, not to afghanistan, and the qatari authorities have undertaken to make sure these people do not reengage in the fight in afghanistan. quite how they will do that, how will they limit them perhaps raising funds for the taliban that, sort of thing, again, none
range to tell corporations what they must do irrespective of their political opinion. hobby lobby s owners say this isn t about making healthcare decisions for employees they just don t want to contribute to services they object to. the search for malaysia airline flight 370 will be put on hold today because of 15 mile an hour winds in the indian ocean. officials now say they believe the flight ended. they have yet to find any evidence of debris earlier this morning australian deputy defense chief say they don t know where to start. we are not searching for a needle in a haystack. they are trying to define where the haystack is. that s just to put it into context.