Former Taliban commander sentenced to 42 years in prison for killings of US soldiers and journalists’ kidnappings

A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer ...

Former Taliban leader sentenced to 42 years for kidnapping NY Times journalist, deaths of 3 U.S. troops

Haji “Najib” Najibullah in April 2025 pleaded guilty to orchestrating the kidnapping of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ...

Taliban Leader Who Took U.S. Journalist Hostage Sentenced to 42 Years

The Taliban commander who abducted an American journalist was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading ...

US journalist rips ‘cowardly’ and ‘cruel’ Taliban commander — who’s sentenced to 42 years for kidnapping him

Hostage taking is a cowardly and cruel crime,” said David Rohde, as he stared down ex-Taliban commander Haji Najibullah in ...

Ex-Taliban commander gets 42 years in prison in killings of US soldiers and journalists' kidnappings

A former Taliban commander has been sentenced in New York to 42 years in prison for crimes including the 2008 kidnapping of a ...