Ex-Taliban commander pleads guilty to taking US journalist hostage

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – 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 U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. Read full story

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