US Army charges ex-POW Bergdahl with desertion

The US soldier who was held by insurgents for five years after disappearing from his post in Afghanistan has been charged with desertion and "misbehavior before the enemy", officers said Wednesday. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, 28, was released in May last year in a controversial swap for five Taliban detainees held at the US-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The only American in uniform to be held by insurgents in the Afghanistan war, Bergdahl was held in captivity by Taliban-linked Haqqa