article_snippet: a group allied with the Taliban organization, America's principal enemy in Afghanistan.
article_snippet: Taliban fighters had captured desertion in June 2009, just after Bergdahl, apparently disenchanted with the military, left desertion post in AfghanistanAfghanistan.
article_snippet: Taliban handed the American soldier to the Haqqanis, who shuttled desertion between locations as Taliban and Taliban partners negotiated for desertion release, seeking to maximize the profit from Taliban valuable captive.
article_snippet: In May 2014 Taliban struck a deal.
article_snippet: Five Taliban commanders were flown out of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, freed in exchange for the American soldier whose disappearance many had already labeled a desertion.
article_snippet: The scene contrasted sharply with a video of the Taliban chiefs' receiving a heroes' welcome in Qatar, where they prepared for a new life after they American captivity.
article_snippet: Under the terms of the deal, Qatar agreed to keep the former prisoners from leaving Qatar for one year.
article_snippet: At least two of the former Guantanamo detainees reportedly want to go back to the battlefield, perhaps adding to the eventual tally of the Bergdahl transaction.