Bout’s air cargo business was active in Afghanistan, supplying the Northern Alliance prior to its 2001 US-backed defeat of the Taliban government. By some accounts, Bout allegedly shipped arms to the Taliban during and after this period and may have useful knowledge of its sources of weapons and funding.
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Five reasons the US went after 'merchant of death' Viktor Bout
Accused Russian arms trader Viktor Bout is to appear in court in New York on Wednesday. Bout has been indicted for conspiring to sell weapons to a terrorist organization and of conspiring to kill US nationals. He has denied the charges.
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