"Taliban release new video of captured US soldier"

"The Taliban have released a new video which appears to show an American soldier who was captured in Afghanistan in June last year.

On the video, a man in combat uniform asks the US government to intervene and win his release.

The soldier, Private Bowe Bergdahl, looks fit and is heard listing the names of his family and friends.

A Taliban spokesman says in the video they are demanding the release of some prisoners in exchange for the soldier."