WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Hamidullin, who was captured by the US military in 2009 and subsequently brought to the United States for trial, faces a maximum penalty of life in prison when he is sentenced on November 6, 2015, the DOJ said.
"Irek Hamidullin was convicted of numerous terrorism offenses in connection with orchestrating and conducting a violent attack on Afghan and US forces in Afghanistan in 2009, including conspiring to kill members of the US military," Assistant Attorney General Carlin said as quoted in the Friday statement.
Hamidullin joined the Taliban in 2001 and by 2009 commanded a group of insurgents operating in Afghanistan, according to the DOJ. In November 2009 he allegedly led an attack on US and Afghan forces at a camp in eastern Afghanistan.
Hamidullin was indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2014. His case was investigated by the Washington Field Office of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
US-led NATO combat forces withdrew from Afghanistan in December 2014 after a 14-year occupation. On January 2, 2015, combat operations in the country gave way to a US training and support mission for the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), dubbed Resolute Support.
