Seven charged by US with conspiring to aid Taliban

14 February 2011 Last updated at 20:56 GMT

Seven charged by US with conspiring to aid Taliban

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Seven people, including two Americans, have been charged with conspiring to aid the Afghan Taliban by selling the militant group weapons and moving drugs through West Africa, US officials say.

The two US citizens were charged with conspiring to sell missiles to protect Taliban-run heroin laboratories against US attacks in Afghanistan.

They were arrested in Romania and are being held for extradition to the US.

Other defendants allegedly plotted to sell heroin to the US for the Taliban.

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