Afghan Man Sentenced to 20-Year Prison Term in Case Tied to Suicide Bombing at Kabul Airport
Prosecutors said Sharifullah helped ISIS-K and scouted a route to Kabul airport, where the bombing killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans.
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga sentenced ISIS-K member Mohammad Sharifullah to 20 years in prison for providing material support to the terrorist organization following his Virginia conviction.
- The conviction stems from the August 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, which killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans during the American military's chaotic withdrawal.
- During sentencing, Missouri resident Mark Schmitz addressed Sharifullah about his son, a Marine Corps Lance Cpl, while jurors deadlocked on whether the defendant bore responsibility for the bombing itself.
- Trenga labeled the defendant a "dedicated terrorist" who expressed no remorse for the "unfathomable" grief caused, as prosecutors linked him to a March 2024 Moscow assault that killed roughly 140 people.
- President Donald Trump heralded the case last year during a congressional speech, though defense attorneys maintain the defendant was not a leader and argue his confession was coerced in Pakistani custody.
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Virginia court sentences Abbey Gate conspirator to 20 years
An Afghan man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday for his role in supporting the Islamic State group-K, five years after the terrorist group’s bombing at Kabul’s Abbey Gate killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 160 Afghans during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mohammad Sharifullah received the maximum sentence for his one-count conviction of conspiring to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terror…
Afghan man sentenced to 20-year prison term in case tied to 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul airport
An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military's chaotic withdrawal from the country.
Afghan man sentenced to 20-year prison term in case tied to suicide bombing at Kabul airport – WTOP News
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country....
US gives ISIS-K aide 20 years over role in Kabul airport bombing
US courts sentenced Mohammad Sharifullah to 20 years for aiding ISIS-K in the Kabul airport attack case. The ruling closes the case against him without holding him directly responsible for the deaths at Abbey Gate.
Afghan man sentenced to 20-year prison term in case tied to suicide bo
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country. A federal jury in Virginia had convicted Mohammad Sharifullah in April of providing material support to the IS …
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