US charges alleged ex-Taliban commander with killing US troops

Haji Najibullah faces new charges for 2008 attack by Taliban fighters that killed three US soldiers and Afghan interpreter.

United States prosecutors have charged an alleged former Taliban commander with terrorism-related offences related to the killing of American troops in Afghanistan in 2008.

The US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said on Thursday that Haji Najibullah was charged in a 13-count indictment that was unsealed in federal court.

Najibullah, 45, was already in US custody after being charged for the 2008 kidnapping of an American journalist and two Afghan civilians.