Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the US soldier who was held for five years by Taliban-linked insurgents after leaving his Afghan base in 2009, will face a court-martial, his attorney said today.
"The charges against Sergeant Bergdahl have today been referred for trial by a general court-martial," attorney Eugene Fidell said in a statement. "I had hoped the case would not go in this direction."
The US Army did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
