Afghan ISIS-K Operative Found Guilty of Terrorist Support, Including Bombing That Killed 13 US Troops

A federal jury convicted Afghan national Mohammad Sharifullah for participating in a 9-year conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists.

U.S. Marines secure Abbey Gate after a suicide bomber detonated an explosion, outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021, leaving 12 U.S. service members and more than 170 Afghanis dead. Department of Defense via AP

A federal jury convicted Afghan national Mohammad Sharifullah on April 29 for participating in a nine-year conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia.

Sharifullah was a member of the Afghan terrorist organization ISIS-K.