US officials told CBS News that Mohammad Sharifullah was extradited to the United States related to August 2021 Abbey Gate Bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, who killed 13 members of the American service And around 170 Afghans during the withdrawal of the American forces from Afghanistan.
A senior defense official said Sharifullah had been captured about 10 days ago during a joint raid between Pakistani information and the Central Intelligence Agency.
US officials said Sharifullah was one of the two brains involved in bombing. He is described as a regional commander of the Islamic State Khorasan, or Isis-K.
President Trump announced the arrest At the Tuesday’s joint address In the Congress and thanked the Pakistani government.
Axios was the first to name Sharifullah.
According to the Pentagon, a suicide bomber blew an explosive device at an entrance to the airport, where thousands of people gathered daily when they were trying to flee the city after falling to the Taliban.
So President Biden had revenge After the attack, saying: “We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will track you down and make you pay.”
Trump had fiercely criticized both the president of Biden and the president of the time, Kamala Harris, on how the withdrawal was managed during the campaign track. The president again castigated his predecessor to withdraw during Tuesday’s speech at the Congress, even affirming that this led to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
The Ministry of Defense in a 2024 review identified the bomber As an Abdul Rahman al-Logari, which, according to him, was also affiliated with Isis-K. This review confirmed the previous results of the department that bombing “could not have been avoidable at the tactical level”.
Margaret Brennan
