FBI: ‘American Taliban’ Lindh meets with released extremist
January 26, 2023 GMTFALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man convicted nearly a decade ago of supporting the Islamic State group as a teenager has now been accused of violating his terms of release by meeting with convicted Taliban supporter John Walker Lindh.
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“American Taliban” John Walker Lindh is released from prison
May 24, 2019 GMTJohn Walker Lindh, the Californian who took up arms for the Taliban and was captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2001, got out of prison Thursday after more than 17 years, released under tight restrictions that reflected government fears he still harbors radical views...
‘American Taliban’ fighter to be released after 17 years
May 23, 2019 GMTALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — John Walker Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U...
American Taliban fighter says prayer rule ‘absurd’
August 28, 2012 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh says a federal prison rule barring him and other Muslims from praying together daily is "absurd" and contends the U.S. is causing him to sin against his religion by prohibiting such gatherings in the name of security.