New York: A New York Times journalist has been arrested and brought to the United States in connection with the kidnapping of an Afghan journalist and a driver. The case is from 2008. Six charges have been filed against Haji Najibullah, 42, federal officials said Wednesday. A U.S. magistrate has ordered his detention.
Najibullah’s lawyer Mark Gombiner had refused to grant him bail. Gombiner has not immediately commented on this. Najibullah was brought to the United States from Ukraine on Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and kidnapping, prosecutors said. Authorities told him and did not say when he was arrested. But he thanked the Ukrainian authorities for handing him over to the US. If convicted, he could face life imprisonment. Authorities did not provide any details about the abductees, but the details matched those of David Rohde, a journalist working for the Times, and Tahir Ludin, an Afghan journalist, who were abducted when they interviewed a Taliban leader. Were going to.
