First of all, I find the word kidnapped a curious term in an area where a "hot war" is being waged... There is another term that better describes what happened to this guy and that is he was captured and is now a "prisoner of war"... I mean, let's get real here??? We don't hear about the US kidnapping Taliban, do we... No, it's capturing, folksm, and it's part of war...

Now as to whether or not this soldier is being tortured, I think that is anyone's guess... I mean, why would we assume that the Taliban would think he had information??? Most folks in the war really don't have much information... The field commanders come up with the schemes and grunts go out and do the dirty work... So most soldiers are purdy much clueless about the overall plans... That is one of the arguments that have been made against the US torturing folks... There is a mispercdeption that everyone who is captured knows everything when, in fact, most are purdy much clueless...

B~