An alleged drug lord with reported links to the Taleban has become the first Afghan citizen to be extradited to the US, prosecutors in New York say. Baz Mohammad is accused of heading an international cartel responsible for taking more than $25m (£14m) worth of heroin into the US and other countries. He is alleged to have said that selling heroin in the US was an act of “jihad”, or holy war, against America. Full Story