Washington : Afghan national Mohammad Sharifullah has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in the United States for his alleged involvement in various activities linked to the Islamic State–Khorasan Province (ISIS-K).
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Sharifullah was involved in ISIS-K activities from 2016 until his arrest in 2025. He was accused of conducting surveillance, transporting suicide attackers, handling weapons and facilitating communication among members of the organization.
One of the incidents linked to him was a suicide bombing on June 20, 2016, in Kabul targeting Nepali security guards working at the Canadian Embassy. Thirteen Nepali security guards were killed in the attack.
Sharifullah was also linked to the suicide bombing at the Abbey Gate of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport in 2021 and the attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Abbey Gate bombing killed 13 U.S. service members and around 160 civilians, while more than 100 civilians were killed in the Crocus City Hall attack.
Sharifullah, who was arrested in 2025, was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The court sentenced him to 20 years in federal prison on Wednesday.
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