NATO officials in Afghanistan say they are searching for two soldiers who disappeared from their compound in Kabul City.
NATO said Saturday that the two soldiers left the compound in a vehicle Friday and never returned.
On Saturday, Taliban officials claimed to have captured two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province. Local radio stations were broadcasting offers from the United States to pay $20,000 for information leading the release of the soldiers.
A Taliban official told the Reuters news agency that a third U.S. soldier had died.
Only one U.S. soldier is known to have been captured by insurgents. Bowe Bergdahl disappeared June of last year after leaving his base in Paktika province with three Afghans. He has since appeared in videos posted on Taliban websites.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Mission in Kabul says three Bangladeshi workers and their Afghan driver have been kidnapped in the country's northern Samangan province.
Civil Affairs Officer Reza Hassan said the Bangladeshis were working for a South Korean construction company and were driving to a construction site when they were attacked.
Afghan officials blamed the incident on the Taliban but no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Earlier, NATO officials said five U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate bombings in southern Afghanistan, where international forces are stepping up their fight against the Taliban.
The International Security Assistance Force said Saturday that four of its troops were killed by the blast of an improvised explosive device, which is commonly used by the Taliban insurgency.
Later, NATO announced the death of a fifth soldier in a separate IED attack.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday the Afghan government's plan to take over the country's security by 2014, improve governance and fight corruption will be a long and challenging process.
Mr. Ban made the comments while briefing the Security Council on an international donor conference he co-chaired in Kabul earlier this week on the future of Afghanistan.
His spokesman, Martin Nesirky, said Mr. Ban was encouraged by the outcome of the conference, but added that words must be followed by deeds from both Afghan authorities and the international community.
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