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The terrorist accused of plotting the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 U.S. military members and 160 civilians amid the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan remains in custody, and according to investigators, was not one of the top planners of the attack.
Mohammad Sharifullah appeared in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday afternoon to face charges of providing and conspiring to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization resulting in death.
FBI Special Agent Seth Parker took to the stand to establish probable cause for the charge, with Magistrate Judge Fitzpatrick agreeing that there was probable cause, and ordering him to be held pending further court hearings.
During questioning from Sharifullah’s public defender, Parker agreed that Sharifullah was not among the top-level planners of the attack on Abbey Gate.
Taliban fighters man a checkpoint outside Abbey Gate on Aug. 25, 2021, the day before the bombing there. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
“Tonight, I am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity, and he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of American justice.”Â
Abbey Gate was the main entry point as American and coalition forces were conducting an evacuation operation at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport.
On Aug. 26, 2021, Abdul Rahman al-Logari — a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) — “detonated a body-worn suicide bomb at Abbey Gate, killing 13 U.S. military service members and approximately 160 civilians,” the Justice Department said.
The U.S. withdrawal was completed a few days later, and the Taliban later claimed control of Afghanistan.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and Greg Norman contributed to this report.
