Bergdahl was released by 18 Taliban members in a non-violent handover in eastern Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border on Saturday evening local time, government officials said.Officials said Bergdahl was in good condition and able to walk at the time of the handover. He was flown to a US military hospital in Germany on Sunday.The handover took place after covert negotiations between the US government and the Taliban, which were facilitated by the Qatar government. Custody of the Afghan prisoners will be handed to Qatari officials under the terms of a memorandum of understanding between the US and Qatar.
Abdul Haq Wasiq, who once served as the Taliban's deputy chief of intelligence
Mullah Norullah Nori, a senior Taliban commander in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif when the Taliban fought the U.S.-backed northern alliance in late 2001
Khairullah Khairkhwa, a high-raking official who held various positions within the Taliban, including interior minister, and was directly ties with Osama bin Laden
Mohammed Nabi, former Taliban chief of security in Qalat, Afghanistan, and later, a radio operator for the Taliban in Kabul
Mohammad Fazl, who serves as chief of army staff under the Taliban regime and is accused of war crimes for the massacre of thousands of Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan in 2000 and 2001
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The Taliban released a statement on their website which said "was and has been for a long time attempting to free all the imprisoned Afghan prisoners inside and outside the country, and restoring the right of freedom to them quickly," according to a translation by the Washington-based SITE Intelligence Group.VICE News' John Beck contributed to this report.Follow Liz Fields on Twitter: @lianzifields? ?????? ????? ?? ???? ??? ???????? ?? ??? ??? ?? ?????? ?? ????? ?? ?? ????? ?? ??????? ???. ????? ??? ???????? ???? — zabihullahmujahid (@zabihmujahid)June 1, 2014