A former Taliban commander blamed the hostages, including an American journalist, and the death of American troops, the justice department said on Friday.
49 -year -old Haji Najibullah blamed for taking hostage for terrorism acts and providing material support, resulting in a hostage of an American journalist and two Afghan citizens in Afghanistan and 2009 in 2008 and 2009, with the US Solstors, who died in hostage in hostage, which is with US Solstors, which is the US Sales -Sath, which in US Sols, death of American soldiers.
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In this court room sketch, former Taliban Commander Haji Najibullah, who was previously accused of kidnapping an American journalist, appears on charges related to the murder of three American soldiers in Afghanistan in 2008 during a court hearing in New York. (Reuters)
“Najibullah committed his crimes in Afghanistan 15 years ago, and now face justice in an American court,” American Attorney J. Clayton said in a statement. “Today’s guilty petition serves as a vigorous reminder that this office, and our law enforcement partners, will aggressively carry forward those who harm Americans through functions of terror, whether they are in the world, and no matter how much time it may take to get justice for their victims.”
The allegations against Najibullah were attacked by the kidnapping of the journalist and an attack on an American military convoy, resulting in the three army soldiers – SGTS. First class Matthew L. Hilton and Joseph A. Macke, and Sergeant. Mark Palmateer – and his Afghan interpreter in June 2008.
Several other soldiers were injured in the attack.
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Taliban fighters patrol the road during a celebration, marking the second anniversary of the return of US -led troops from Afghanistan in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Abdul Khalik)
He was also accused of an October attack in the same year in which an American military helicopter was shot. In November of that year, the fighters took an American journalist and two Afghan citizens hostage at gunpoint in Afghanistan under Najibullah’s command.
Federal prosecutors said they were forced to go to neighboring Pakistan, where they were forced to make videos seeking ransom payment and the release of Taliban militants organized by the US government, said federal prosecutors.
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The Taliban commander was responsible for the wardak province of Afghanistan, Jagato district in the state of court documents. He had more than 1,000 soldiers under his command, who had attacks on American and NATO soldiers outside Kabul.
Najibullah was arrested and extradited from Ukraine in October 2020, and is now in federal custody in America
He faces life sentence in jail.
