Former Taliban Envoy Sentenced in Tax Fraud
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From Times Wire Reports
A former envoy for Afghanistan’s deposed Taliban leadership who pleaded guilty to cheating on his taxes and lying on a bank loan application has been sentenced to two months behind bars.
Noorullah Zadran, once a top spokesman for the Taliban in the United States, pleaded guilty June 17 to federal charges in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
Zadran also was fined $5,000 on Tuesday and ordered to serve three years of supervised release, the Justice Department said.
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