'American Taliban' Seeks Commuted Sentence
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SAN FRANCISCO - John Walker Lindh asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban.    His lawyer, James Brosnahan, said that Lindh was fighting alongside the Taliban in a civil war against the Northern Alliance, that he is not a terrorist and that he never fought against U.S...
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The United States called on Taliban  guerrillas to lay down their arms Thursday, saying Afghans had  voted against violence and those who gave up their insurgency  would not be punished unless they were guilty of major crimes.
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The Pentagon said on Wednesday an Afghan national it described as a dangerous terrorism suspect had been transferred to the U.S. military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Lawyers for an Australian held at Guantanamo Bay went to court Monday in a bid to force his government to bring the 31-year-old alleged Taliban fighter home.
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A London dentist who planned to fight for the Afghan Taliban against British and U.S. forces was jailed on Tuesday for preparing to commit terrorist acts.
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The United States could cut its forces in Afghanistan next summer if Taliban militants accept an amnesty to be drawn up by President Hamid Karzai and neighboring Pakistan, the senior U.S. commander here said Sunday.
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The United States will need years to finish the war crimes tribunals of al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees it started this week, according to US officials.
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Taliban-linked militants threatening to kill three UN hostages accused the United States of hampering their release, though an Afghan official said Saturday a ransom demand was the main stumbling block.
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The first American civilian to be charged with mistreating a detainee during the wars prompted by the Sept. 11 attacks was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 8 1/2 years in prison for beating a man in Afghanistan who later died.
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Three Americans have been sentenced to up  to 10 years in jail after being found guilty by an Afghan court  of charges including torture, running a private prison and  illegal detention.
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An Afghan court sentenced three Americans to between eight and 10 years in prison for illegally running a private jail and torturing suspects in a &quot;private war on terror&quot;.
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The trial of three Americans accused of running a private jail resumes in Kabul with their lawyer demanding charges be thrown out.
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The government asked a judge Thursday to delay a hearing in the case of a U.S. citizen captured in Afghanistan in 2001, saying an agreement to set the man free is imminent.
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A Taliban militant warns that his movement is more sophisticated - and more brutal - than before.
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The top US official in Afghanistan called on the Taliban to give up their three-year insurgency, pledging Thursday that most who surrender will be left in peace
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A captured Afghan insurgent commander has been transferred to the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, just as a storm of speculation erupted over the facility&#39;s potential closure.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 23, 2004 - A defense lawyer for one of three Americans accused of torturing a dozen Afghan prisoners in a private jail showed a video in court Monday of Afghanistan&#39;s former education