(NY Post) A former Bronx Uber driver who was busted by the feds for allegedly trying to join the Taliban in Afghanistan is actually just a “wannabe playboy” who was trying to run off to Thailand to meet up with women there, his defense attorney said at the opening of his trial Wednesday.
The suspect, Delowar Mohammed Hossain, 35, was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport in 2019 just before boarding a flight to Thailand and charged with attempting to provide material support for terrorism and attempting to make or receive a contribution to the Taliban.
At Hossain’s Manhattan federal court trial Wednesday, defense attorney Andrew Dalack portrayed Hossain as a disillusioned Uber driver, upset about his finances and his family situation, who was going to Thailand to be with women — not to steal away to Afghanistan to join the Taliban.
