Dossier
Wardak province
Coverage of Wardak province in the Nexus archive.
- US judge sentences ex-Taliban commander to 42 years in jail
A former Afghan Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison for abducting a journalist and supporting attacks that killed US soldiers in 2008. The individual, arrested in Ukraine and extradited to the US in 2020, pleaded guilty to hostage-taking and providing material support for terrorism.