<p>The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had no official comment, but a Reuters correspondent in Logar heard local radio broadcast appeals offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the safe release of the two.<br /><br />“Early on Saturday morning two coalition personnel went missing. They are believed to have been captured by insurgents somewhere in Logar province,” the broadcast said.<br />“They may have been separated from one another or maybe in the process of being moved to another location.”<br /><br />A Taliban spokesman told Reuters that three ISAF servicemen had been captured but one had died. He did not elaborate.<br /><br />The two US personnel were last seen wearing standard US military camouflage, the radio broadcast said.<br /><br />One was described as about six-foot tall weighing 100 kg with blond hair and brown eyes. The other was described as 86 kg, bald with a thin mustache. Both men have tattoos, the broadcast said.<br /><br />“Coalition forces are offering $20,000 reward for any information that leads to the successful return of these two,” the statement said, without identifying the men.<br /><br />There is believed to be only one other ISAF soldier being held by the Taliban, who released a video of him last Christmas.<br /><br />Violence in Afghanistan has risen sharply since a reinforcement brought to 1,50,000 the number of foreign forces facing the Taliban and two other insurgent groups.<br /></p>
<p>The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had no official comment, but a Reuters correspondent in Logar heard local radio broadcast appeals offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the safe release of the two.<br /><br />“Early on Saturday morning two coalition personnel went missing. They are believed to have been captured by insurgents somewhere in Logar province,” the broadcast said.<br />“They may have been separated from one another or maybe in the process of being moved to another location.”<br /><br />A Taliban spokesman told Reuters that three ISAF servicemen had been captured but one had died. He did not elaborate.<br /><br />The two US personnel were last seen wearing standard US military camouflage, the radio broadcast said.<br /><br />One was described as about six-foot tall weighing 100 kg with blond hair and brown eyes. The other was described as 86 kg, bald with a thin mustache. Both men have tattoos, the broadcast said.<br /><br />“Coalition forces are offering $20,000 reward for any information that leads to the successful return of these two,” the statement said, without identifying the men.<br /><br />There is believed to be only one other ISAF soldier being held by the Taliban, who released a video of him last Christmas.<br /><br />Violence in Afghanistan has risen sharply since a reinforcement brought to 1,50,000 the number of foreign forces facing the Taliban and two other insurgent groups.<br /></p>