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Ex-Taliban commander gets 42 years in prison in killings of US soldiers and journalists’ kidnappings

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three American soldiers. […]

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Cuba’s top envoy to US calls Trump’s sanctions on Cuban leaders a ‘pretext’ for military action

WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent U.S. sanctions targeting Cuba’s leadership and the indictment of former President Raúl Castro are a “pretext” for the Trump administration to persuade the American people to support a military intervention, Cuba’s top diplomat to the […]