Najibullah Zazi admitted plotting an attack on the New York City subway with two friends, and then testified against them. Now he is behind bars after putting money in their prison accounts. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Afghanistan”
U.S. Charges Ex-Taliban Commander in Killing of 3 Soldiers in ’08 Attack
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2021
The man, Haji Najibullah, was charged last year with kidnapping an American journalist and two Afghan nationals months after the deadly assault. Source: New York Times
The 'Tent City' in NJ Where Refugees from Afghanistan Wait to Start a New Life
By Gotham Rex on September 25, 2021
On a military base in New Jersey, 8,500 people who fled their country as it fell to the Taliban await the next step in their journey. Source: New York Times
At 9/11 Ceremonies, Moments of Silence, Tributes and Tears
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2021
Twenty years after the worst attack on American soil, the loss of nearly 3,000 people was remembered in events across the country. Source: New York Times
A Time Capsule in Two Front Pages
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2021
The newspaper of Sept. 11, 2001, is a document of America before the terror attacks and a memory of a vanished era. Source: New York Times
At 9/11 Ceremonies, Moments of Silence and Tears
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2021
Twenty years after the worst attack on American soil, the loss of nearly 3,000 people was remembered in events across the country. Source: New York Times
How One Family Fled Afghanistan and Was Reunited in New York City
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2021
Mohammad Wali, a U.S. citizen and a New Yorker, spent several harrowing days trying to evacuate his family from Afghanistan before they finally arrived last week. Source: New York Times
Looted Objects From Afghanistan Are Returned
By Gotham Rex on April 19, 2021
Thirty-three antiquities were handed over to the Afghan ambassador by the Manhattan district attorney’s office and the Department of Homeland Security. Source: New York Times