Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who was held captive in Afghanistan for five years before being freed in a prisoner swap with the Taliban in 2014, pleaded guilty on Monday to desertion and endangering fellow troops for walking away from his unit in 2009.
"I left my observation post on my own," Bergdahl was quoted by AFP as having told a court martial in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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