7 February 2014 2:45 PM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
The Taliban said Friday that they have captured a military dog belonging to Nato forces in Afghanistan, releasing a video of the canine wearing a high-tech harness. Insurgent spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said Friday that the dog was captured during a battle about a month ago in Laghman province, east of the capital, Kabul. The insurgents sent a video by email that shows a brown dog, believed to be a Malinois, held on a leash by an armed Taliban fighter. It is wearing a black harness mounted with what the Taliban said was a video camera, and a voiceover said the dog was being called "Colonel. »
- Associated Press