US EditionAfghan Man Convicted of Conspiracy in Suicide Bombing at Kabul Airport During U.S. Pullout
The jury found Sharifullah guilty of supporting ISIS-K, but it could not agree that the bombing deaths resulted from that conspiracy.
- A Virginia jury convicted Mohammad Sharifullah on Wednesday of conspiracy charges related to the 2021 Abbey Gate suicide bombing in Kabul, leaving the alleged ISIS-K militant facing a maximum 20-year prison sentence.
- The August 26, 2021, attack occurred during the U.S. military's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, killing 13 U.S. service members and approximately 160 Afghans when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near Abbey Gate.
- Defense attorney Lauren Rosen argued prosecutors lacked physical evidence, claiming Sharifullah told FBI agents what they wanted to hear to avoid torture, while prosecutor Ryan White asserted the defendant played a crucial role in planning the attack.
- Although jurors convicted Sharifullah of conspiracy, they deadlocked on whether deaths at the airport resulted from his actions, preventing a potential life sentence and capping the maximum penalty at 20 years.
- President Trump previously cited this case in a speech to Congress, while a 2022 review concluded decisions made by both his administration and President Joe Biden regarding the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal were key factors in the Taliban takeover.
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ISIS-K operative convicted for role in 2021 Kabul airport bombing, other attacks
A federal jury in Virginia convicted an Afghan national of providing material support to the Islamic State’s Afghanistan affiliate, ISIS-K, in connection with multiple terrorist attacks, including the 2021 bombing outside Kabul’s airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghan civilians, the U.S. Department of Justice stated on Wednesday.Mohammad Sharifullah was found guilty of participating in a years-long conspiracy to support…
Abbey Gate trial brings partial closure, Pentagon vows ‘honest accounting’
A federal jury on Wednesday found an Afghan national guilty of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist group in connection with a 2021 bombing attack on a Kabul airport but deadlocking on whether such help directly resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and others likely means Americans will have to...
Federal Jury Convicts ISIS-K Terrorist for Role in Abbey Gate Bombing and Multiple Terror Attacks
A federal jury has convicted Afghan national Mohammad Sharifullah, a member of the terrorist organization the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), of participating in a nine-year conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Afghan ISIS-K Operative Found Guilty of Terrorist Support, Including Bombing That Killed 13 US Troops
A federal jury convicted Afghan national Mohammad Sharifullah on April 29 for participating in a nine-year conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia. Sharifullah was a member of the Afghan terrorist organization ISIS-K. Prosecutors said he acted as a scout and lookout on Aug. 26, 2021, particularly in the 2021 Abbey Ga…
Man convicted of aiding Islamic State group, but jury deadlocks on alleged role in deadly Kabul airport bombing
An alleged Islamic State group militant from Afghanistan was convicted on Wednesday of aiding the terror organization that took credit for a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport, but a jury couldn’t agree on whether he bears some responsibility for that attack during the US military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country in 2021.
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