US President Donald Trump has announced the capture of a dreaded terrorist of the Islamic State. This is the terrorist who carried out the Kabul Airport attack in 2021. In 2021, 13 American service members and more than 160 people were killed in an attack at Kabul Airport. The name of this terrorist is Mohammad Sharifullah. The special thing is that this terrorist has been caught with the help of Pakistan.
Trump had informed about the terrorist being caught in his Congress speech and he said that he is being brought to America soon. According to the New York Times report, several current and former officials said that the United States had given intelligence to Pakistan, due to which the top leader of Islamic State Mohammad Sharifullah has been arrested, who helped plot an attack on the AB Gate Entry Gate at Kabul Airport.
At the same time, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that Sharifullah of Afghanistan has been arrested by Pakistani security forces from the border with Afghanistan. Let us know that this attack in Kabul was very shocked by America and Trump has also considered it the most embarrassing moment for the country. However, Trump has not named the terrorist in his speech and thanked the Government of Pakistan for catching it.
Who is this terrorist?
Sharifullah is the leader of the Islamic State-Khorasan province, also known as ISIS-K. An American official said that the CIA and the FBI were informed 10 days ago that Pakistan had caught Sharifullah and he was going to reach America on Wednesday.
ISIS-K terrorist Mohammad Sharifullah told FBI about the attack that he was tasked to searching for a route near Kabul Airport for the bomb blast in August 2021. According to reports, apart from this, he was involved in the work of bombing the guard of the Kabul Embassy and giving weapon training for the 2024 attack on the Moscow Night Club.
It is said that he joined ISIS-K in the year 2016. Sharifullah is also known as ‘Zafar’.