Trump announces capture of IS operative linked to attack that killed scores including 13 US troops
PUBLISHED : 5 Mar 2025 at 21: 25
A Taliban fighter is pictured at the site of the Kabul airport bombing, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops on Aug 26, 2021. (Photo: AFP)
WASHINGTON – An Islamic State operative accused of planning a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport during the chaotic US military withdrawal in 2021 has been arrested, President Donald Trump has said.
The bomber detonated a device among packed crowds as they tried to flee Afghanistan, killing 170 Afghans and 13 US troops securing the perimeter on Aug 26, 2021, days after the Taliban seized control of the capital.
In his address to Congress on Tuesday night, Trump announced that Pakistan had assisted in the arrest of “the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity”.
The Justice Department named the man as Mohammad Sharifullah, also known as Jafar, and said he was expected to appear in a Virginia court later on Wednesday.
Sharifullah, who is a leader of the Islamic State Khorasan branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been charged with “providing and conspiring to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist
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