Ex-Soviet Officer Who Became Taliban Commander Found Guilty In U.S.

Ex-Soviet Officer Who Became Taliban Commander Found Guilty In U.S.

By Scott Neuman

Irek Hamidullin, 55, a one-time Soviet tank commander in Afghanistan, stayed behind after the Moscow’s forces were withdrawn in 1988. He went on to mastermind a 2009 attack on an Afghan base.

» E-Mail This

…read more

Via: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/08/430644325/ex-soviet-officer-who-became-taliban-commander-found-guilty-in-u-s?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=us

About author

You might also like

Uncategorized 0 Comments

APNewsBreak: Ferguson leaders wonder if monitor worth cost

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson, Missouri, has paid nearly a half-million dollars to the monitor team overseeing its police and court reforms, but city leaders question what they’ve gotten for

Uncategorized 0 Comments

Bucket Transforms Text From The Web Into A Visual Travel Planner

By Matthew Lynley Bucket, a service that transforms unstructured text based on travel recommendations into a page of cards with information from places like Yelp and Frommer’s, is launching into

Uncategorized 0 Comments

Getting Your Misinformation from the Ignorant

By Stephanie Dolan Not you, not I, nor anyone else has the right to criticize any woman for what must be the most difficult and heart-wrenching choice she’s ever likely