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Ex-Taliban commander pleads guilty in killings of US soldiers and kidnapping of journalists
- A former Taliban commander, Haji Najibullah, pleaded guilty to providing material support for attacks that killed U.S. soldiers and for participating in the 2008 kidnapping of journalists.
- Najibullah stated, 'As a result of material support I provided to the Taliban, U.S. soldiers were killed,' in his Manhattan federal court plea.
- A New York Times spokesperson noted, 'More than 120 journalists were killed in 2024, the most on record,' highlighting the dangers journalists face.
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Ex-Taliban commander pleads guilty in US
A former commander in the Taliban has pleaded guilty to taking an American journalist and two Afghan nationals hostage in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2008 and 2009, the US Justice Department said on Friday. Haji Najibullah, 49, an Afghan national, who was charged in 2020 with kidnapping David Rohde, a former Reuters correspondent, faces life in prison. He previously pleaded guilty in the case. Najibullah also changed his plea to guilty in a case…
·Pakistan
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Former Taliban commander Haji Najibullah has pleaded guilty to the kidnapping of an American journalist and two Afghan citizens in 2008 and 2009 in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the United States Department of Justice announced.
·Belgrade, Serbia
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Ex-Taliban commander pleads guilty to taking US journalist hostage
By Jasper Ward
·Colorado Springs, United States
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