Ex-Taliban commander gets 42 years in prison in killings of US soldiers and journalists' kidnappings
Terrorism,Criminal Justice,Taliban,Journalists,United States,Afghanistan
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A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three American soldiers.
Haji Najibullah's sentencing capped a daylong proceeding in Manhattan federal court that featured a dramatic few moments when the reporter, David Rohde, faced Najibullah and described how Najibullah took part in the abduction of him and two other men in 2008 in Afghanistan but was now "refusing to take responsibility as I look at him today."
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Ex-Taliban commander gets 42 years in prison in killings of US soldiers and journalists' kidnappings
Associated Press
