South Africa: MTN Faces 2021 U.S. Court Date for Allegedly Assisting Taliban Terrorism in Afghanistan

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SA's largest cellphone company has long prided itself on being able to operate in some of the toughest environments in the world, but that facility is being tested as never before in a US court case brought by family members of US soldiers who were killed by the Taliban.

It's a fascinating and complicated case, which MTN hotly disputes, but the public relations fallout is forcing the company to rethink its operations in countries where angels fear to tread.

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