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U.S. charges Afghan man with kidnapping former New York Times reporter
Haji Najibullah was arrested in Ukraine and will appear in a Manhattan court on Wednesday afternoon.
Oct. 28, 2020, 3:37 PM EDT
By Pete Williams and Tom Winter
U.S. prosecutors charged a man they say was the commander of kidnappers who held David Rohde, then a reporter for The New York Times now with The New Yorker, for more than seven months in beginning in November 2008, and the man will appear in a Manhattan court Wednesday afternoon.
The Justice Department unsealed the criminal charges Wednesday against Haji Najibullah of Afghanistan, 42, who faces a six count indictment charging him with conspiracy to take a hostage, kidnap, conspiracy to kidnap, and two counts of possessing a machine gun.
Najibullah was apprehended in Ukraine.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/u-s-charges-afghan-man-kidnapping-former-new-york-times-n1245152?cid=eml_nbn_20201028
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