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U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has not been speaking with his family in the five weeks since he was released by the Taliban after five years in captivity, according to a report.

Sgt. Bergdahl has refused to see his parents or speak to them by a phone, an army official told the Wall Street Journal. Officials said they did not know the source of the estrangement.

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Sgt. Bergdahl’s parents, Robert and Jani Bergdahl, appeared alongside U.S. President Barack Obama to announce his release. Robert Bergdahl was a strong advocate for his son throughout his five year captivity in Pakistan.

The U.S Army has given Sgt. Bergdahl a desk job, ending the formal phase of his transition from Taliban prisoner to not-quite-ordinary soldier, and setting the stage for Army investigators to question him about his disappearance that led to five years in captivity.

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In a brief statement Monday, the Army said Bergdahl has been assigned to a base in Texas.