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

A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison for providing support leading to the deaths of three U.S. soldiers and kidnapping a journalist. The defendant admitted to supplying weapons to the Taliban between 2007 and 2009 and apologized for his role in the 2008 abduction of David Rohde and others.