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Rescued doc expected back in US by early next week

By Dan Elliott
Published December 12, 2012 6:46pm ET
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Rescued doc expected back in US by early next week
This undated handout photo digitally altered at source to remove the background and provided by the family and the Navy shows Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque. The Department of Defense says Checque, 28, of Monroeville, Pa., was killed near Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 8, while rescuing Dr. Dilip Joseph, an adviser for Morning Star Development who was abducted last week. (AP Photo/Family photo via U.S. Navy) | AP

DENVER (AP) — An American aid doctor is expected to return to the United States by early next week after he was abducted in Afghanistan and rescued in an operation that left a Navy SEAL dead, officials said Wednesday.

Dr. Dilip Joseph is doing well, said Lars Peterson, executive director of Morning Star Development, a Colorado Springs nonprofit where Joseph works as a medical adviser.

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