It may be the first canine ever used in a prisoner of war video.
Taliban fighters have captured a military dog and flaunted their confused canine prize in an online video, according to the Washington Post.
A Twitter account said to routinely push Taliban propaganda released the video this week showing a brown Belgian Malinois chained to a group of heavily armed men by its vest.
The dog calmly stands among the men as they chant and showoff their four-legged prisoner which reportedly came with a global positioning device one man proudly shows off. The dog occasionally wags its tail, hinting that it's possibly more confused than afraid.
"Allah gave victory to the mujahideen!" one of the fighters shouts, according to the Washington Post. "Down with them, down with their spies!"
The Pentagon confirmed to CNN that a military working dog did go missing in December but they said it does not belong to U.S. forces.
The heavily armed men thank Allah for the dog's capture and show off a global positioning device that allegedly came with it. Military officials in Afghanistan have confirmed that a working dog went missing in December.
Cmdr. Bill Speaks said the dog belongs to another country's military in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.
According to the Post, the Taliban on the contrary claimed the dog, which they say has the rank of a colonel, was taken during a night raid by U.S. military forces on Dec. 23 in Afghanistan's Laghman Province.
It's not clear what happened to its handler.
Kevin Dredden, a former Air Force dog handler and Afghanistan veteran, told the Post that if there's anything certain, it's that "the dog's handler is devastated."
Dredden said that the handlers form tight bonds with their military dogs and that the dogs are given higher ranks than their handler to guarantee respect.
SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks and studies insurgent propaganda, told the Post that the video appears to be the first ever to show a dog as a hostage.
