Afghan charged in $50m heroin smuggling

NEW YORK -- An Afghan the United States lists as one of the most-wanted drug kingpins in the world and alleges has close ties to the Taliban has been arrested and indicted on charges of conspiring to smuggle millions of dollars of heroin into the United States, federal investigators announced yesterday. (Full article: 875 words)

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