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ISIS-K operative sentenced to 20 years for role in Kabul airport attack

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An ISIS-K operative who helped prepare the Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and approximately 160 civilians has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. prison, according to the Justice Department. He also helped the gunmen who attacked a concert hall near Moscow in 2024.

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  1. Bangor Daily News

    Afghan man sentenced to 20-year prison term in case tied to suicide bombing at Kabul airport (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    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…

  2. Fox News

    ISIS-K militant sentenced to 20 years for supporting deadly 2021 Abbey Gate bombing (opens Fox News)

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    Mohammed Sharifullah admitted to surveilling a route for the Abbey Gate suicide bomber during the chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal period.

  3. ABC 7 Chicago

    Afghan man sentenced to 20-year prison term in case tied to 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul airport (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    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 fro…

  4. ABC News

    Afghan man tied to Abbey Gate bombing sentenced to 20 years for supporting ISIS (opens ABC News)

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    An Afghan man arrested last year in connection with the Abbey Gate suicide bombing at the Kabul airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was sentenced.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    Afghan man sentenced to 20 years in case tied to 2021 airport bombing that killed US troops (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge handed down a 20-year sentence for the Afghan man convicted of providing material support to a terrorist organization during the August 2021 airport attack and bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the US military’s flawed departure.

  6. CBS News

    ISIS-K member sentenced to 20 years in prison in case tied to Kabul bombing (opens CBS News)

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    An Islamic State group member was sentenced 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 a Kabul airport.

  7. BNO News

    ISIS-K operative sentenced to 20 years for role in Kabul airport attack (opens BNO News)

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    An ISIS-K operative who helped prepare the Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and approximately 160 civilians has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. prison, according to the Justice Department. He also helped the gunmen who attacked a concert hall near Moscow in 2024.

  8. The Guardian

    IS member sentenced to 20 years in prison for role in 2021 Kabul airport bombing (opens The Guardian)

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    Mohammad Sharifullah, 28, was convicted of aiding the terrorist group that took credit for the suicide bombing 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 US service members an…

  9. Townhall

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