Taliban
United States v. Haji Najibullah
Status: Haji Najibullah: Sentenced, June 9, 2026
- District
- Southern District of New York
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- Taliban
- Statutes
- Not stated in DOJ release
- First DOJ release
- April 25, 2025
Primary Sources
- Former Taliban Commander Haji Najibullah Pleads Guilty To Hostage Taking And Providing Material Support For Acts Of Terrorism Resulting In Death, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, April 25, 2025
- Former Taliban Commander Sentenced To 42 Years In Prison For Hostage Taking And Providing Material Support For Acts Of Terrorism Resulting In Death, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, June 8, 2026
- Former Taliban Commander Sentenced to 42 Years in Prison for Hostage Taking and Providing Material Support for Acts of Terrorism Resulting in Death, Office of Public Affairs, June 9, 2026
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Haji Najibullah
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, June 9, 2026)
- From the DOJ release:
On April 25, 2025, Najibullah pleaded guilty to hostage taking and providing material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death.
- Age
- 49 (per DOJ release of April 25, 2025)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- hostage taking and providing material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death as a Taliban commander, including attacks on U.S. servicemembers and the hostage taking of an American journalist and two Afghan nationals
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Plea or verdict
- April 25, 2025
- Sentencing
- June 9, 2026
- Sentence
- 42 years in prison and five years of supervised release (DOJ, June 9, 2026)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Haji Najibullah," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-najibullah-2025/