IS member sentenced to 20 years in prison for role in 2021 Kabul airport bombing

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An Islamic State group member, Mohammad Sharifullah, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday for providing material support to the ISKP, which claimed responsibility for the 2021 Kabul airport bombing. Jurors could not reach a consensus on Sharifullah's direct responsibility for the bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members, but he received the maximum sentence for his conviction.

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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 on Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 US service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the US military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country. A federal jury in Virginia had convicted Mohammad Sharifullah in April of provi

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