U.S officials say that seven people, including two Americans, have been charged with conspiring to aid the Afghan Taliban by selling the militant group weapons and moving drugs through West Africa. The two U.S citizens were charged with conspiring to sell missiles to protect Taliban-run heroin laboratories against U.S attacks in Afghanistan. They were arrested in Romania and are being held for extradition to the U.S. Other defendants allegedly plotted to sell heroin to the US for the Taliban.The U.S justice department said in a statement that the two Americans, identified as Alwar Pouryan and Oded Orbach, were indicted in connection to a scheme to sell surface-to-air missiles, automatic rifles and other weapons to the Taliban to help the rebel group protect their narcotics operationsOnce extradited, all seven are expected to be tried in New York.