Suspect in Kabul airport bombing during 2021 Afghanistan pullout appears in court
by Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6VPVM)
Officials accuse Mohammad Sharifullah of being a member of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate
A suspected participant in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 American service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians during the chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan arrived in the US on Wednesday to face criminal charges in connection with the attack.
Mohammad Sharifullah was taken into custody over the weekend, and admitted during an FBI interrogation to being a member of the Islamic State's affiliate in Afghanistan and to his role in the August 2021 suicide bombing and other attacks, according to US officials.
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