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John Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981, Washington, D.C., U.S.) U.S. citizen who was captured along with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan during the Afghanistan War in 2001. In 2002 he agreed to a plea bargain and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Lindh was released in 2019.
May 24, 2019 · John 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.
May 21, 2019 · John Walker Lindh, known as the “American Taliban,” shortly after his capture in Afghanistan in 2001. James Hill for The New York Times. By Carol Rosenberg. May 21, 2019. This article was...
May 22, 2019 · CNN — John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban” whose capture in Afghanistan riveted a country in the early days after the September 11 attacks, has been released from prison,...
May 23, 2019 · Lindh was a Taliban soldier who was captured at that time. APTN/AP. Updated at 10:10 a.m. ET. John Walker Lindh, known as the "American Taliban" after his capture in Afghanistan in 2001, was...
May 23, 2019 · John Walker Lindh, 38, was released Thursday from the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons. Lindh spent more than 17 years in prison after...
Apr 4, 2023 · FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man convicted on terrorism charges as a teenager has been sent back to prison for a year after violating conditions of his release by meeting with convicted Taliban supporter John Walker Lindh and others linked to terrorism.
