( CNN ) -- The family of Bowe Bergdahl , a U.S. soldier captured by the Taliban in 2009 , received a letter from him recently -- reviving their hopes that the 27-year-old army sergeant is still alive . Bergdahl 's father mentioned receiving the letter in an e-mail exchange with Dwight Murphy , the spokesman for the local POW/MIA group in Boise Valley , Idaho . `` We have received a letter from Bowe through the Red Cross ! '' the father says in the exchange . `` He was scripted and redacted but he was no doubt alive and his faculties fully functioning as of two months ago . '' He did not say when he got the letter , but Murphy copied and pasted the exchange with the father on his Facebook page after receiving his permission to do so . The father 's letter goes on say , `` They are being very careful with him . He is still highly valued at high levels . `` Guantanamo , drones and politics in Afghanistan , Pakistan and Washington are still the big issues . '' CNN was unable to reach the father late Wednesday night . The network also reached out to the military and the International Committee for the Red Cross for confirmation , but did not hear back . Last week , the military told CNN it had no reason to believe Bergdahl was dead . In 2012 : Parents of captured soldier lead Washington motorcycle rally . Whereabouts unclear . Bergdahl was captured after he finished his guard shift at a combat outpost in southeastern Paktika province in Afghanistan . Since his capture , four videos of the Idaho native have been released . But the last video was sent in February 2011 , and it 's unclear where Bergdahl is being held now . He was a private at the time . The army has been giving Bergdahl promotions that would have come to him had his army career gone as planned . If he returns home safely , the army will give him all the back pay that he has earned while in captivity . His father has rarely spoken to the media . Bowe Bergdahl , an adventurer and gentleman . Resolution close ? In his exchange with Murphy , he said he believed `` we are getting closer to a resolution . '' But , he added , there seems to be a disagreement among the Taliban about the direction forward . `` It appears at least several parties want to arbitrate captive SGT Bowe , several others ... want to keep fighting until every single Westerner is out , '' the father said . Last year , Bergdahl 's parents led the Rolling Thunder ride in Washington , and said the family holds out hope for his safe return . `` Bowe , your family has not forgotten you , your hometown has not forgotten you . Your state of Idaho has not forgotten you , and thanks to all of you here today , Washington D.C. has not forgotten you , '' his father told a cheering crowd . `` We love you , we are proud of you . Stay strong , never give up . We pray for the day that we welcome you home , '' he said . Flanked by riders wanting to offer support for the safe return of his son , Bergdahl spoke separately to CNN . He sported a long beard and wore a bandana imprinted with `` POW . '' His son 's official status is listed as `` missing/captured . '' `` The beard is a chronology , '' Bergdahl said , `` of my son 's captivity since June 30 , 2009 . ''
Notes : ` ` He was no doubt alive '' ` ` They are being very careful with him , '' Bergdahl 's father said . He was captured after he finished his last job . His father says a war is ` ` getting closer ''