In Run-Up to Return to the U.S., Bergdahl Refuses to Speak to Family

The latest dramatic turn following the Taliban's release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. authorities last month is the revelation that he is now reportedly refusing to speak with his parents.

Bergdahl's refusal to make contact with his parents, revealed in a report from the Wall Street Journal, citing a U.S. official familiar his recovery, has increased the already intense and polarizing focus on his release, which was secured in a deal that freed five Taliban prisoners from U.S. custody at a Guantánamo Bay, Cuba facility.