Ex-Taliban commander gets 42 years in prison in killings of US soldiers and journalists' kidnappings
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Journalist David Rohde leaves a federal court in New York after speaking at the sentencing of a former Taliban commander who received a prison sentence on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, for kidnapping Rhode and two others for seven months in 2008 and for directing the killing of American soldiers at other times. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)Journalist David Rohde leaves a Manhattan federal courthouse on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in New York, after the Taliban commander who kidnapped him in 2008 in Afghanistan was sentenced to 42 years in prison. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister) CORRECTION: Corrects date to 'Tuesday, June 9, 2026' instead of 'Jan. 9, 2026.'
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Journalist David Rohde leaves a federal court in New York after speaking at the sentencing of a former Taliban commander who received a prison sentence on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, for kidnapping Rhode and two others for seven months in 2008 and for directing the killing of American soldiers at other times. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)