Taliban Member, Accused of Kidnapping NYT Journalist, Charged With Killing 3 Soldiers

An Afghan national and purported Taliban member, previously arrested in connection with the 2008 kidnapping of Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Rohde in Afghanistan, is now facing charges of leading attacks that killed multiple U.S. soldiers. Federal authorities allege Haji Najibullah was a Taliban commander, and that he or troops under his command launched a June 2008 attack…