The ISIS-K member described by President Donald Trump Such as the suspect of the “top terrorist” behind the bombing on the 2021 abbey in Afghanistan confessed that he had scored the attack route and the armed men involved last year in a terrorist attack near Moscow, according to a sworn declaration from the Ministry of Justice.
Muhammed Sharifullah, who was responsible for bidding and conspiracy to offer material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization that results in death, is expected to appear this first federal court in Virginia on Wednesday. He is confronted with a maximum fine of life in prison when he is convicted.
The Ministry of Justice has released photos with FBI director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard at an airport pending the arrival of Sharifullah this morning in the US
President Trump announced the conquest of Sharifullah last night during his speech for a joint congress and said that he was “happy to announce that we have just arrested the top terrorist who is responsible for that atrocity” in which 13 American service members were held in August 2021.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi, Left, FBI director Kash Patel, center, and director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, can be seen in the middle of the right, on Wednesday 5 March, awaiting the arrival of Muhammed Sharifullah to the US after his arrest. (Justice Department)
What was the Abbey Gate attack?
During the American military withdrawal from Afghanistan In the summer of 2021, American and coalition groups carried out an evacuation operation at the international airport of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai.
Abbey Gate was the most important access point for the operation and thousands of citizens were in the area according to the Ministry of Justice on 26 August 2021.
Around 5:36 pm that day, Abdul Rahman al-Logari-a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), “exploded a suicide bomb, which was worn by body at Abbey Gate, in which 13 US military service members and about 160 civilians were killed,” said the Ministry of Justice.
The withdrawal of the US was completed a few days later and the Taliban later claimed control of Afghanistan.
Taliban Fighters Man A Checkpoint outside Abbey Gate on August 25, 2021, the day before the bombing there. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty images)
A sworn statement from the Ministry of Justice said that FBI Special Agents interviewed Sharifullah around the start of this week, in which he revealed that he was in the prison in Afghanistan from 2019 to about two weeks before the Abbey Gate attack.
“During the release of Sharifullah, an ISIS-K member contacted Sharifullah to arrange his help with a coming attack,” said the statement Sharifullah in an interview.
“ISIS-K members provided Sharifullah with a motorcycle, funds for a mobile phone and a SIM card and instructions to open an account on a certain social media platform to communicate with them during the attack operation. After these preparations for the attack, Sharifah was responsible for exploring a Route in the neighborhood of HamidaV, said the AfgidaV Said. “Sharifullah supervised a route, specifically checking for law enforcement and American or Taliban control points.
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“Sharifullah communicated to other ISIS-K members that he believed that the route was clear and that he did not think the attacker would be detected while he was going through that route. Isis-K members then dedicated Sharifullah to leave the area of ​​Hkia,” it continued. “Later that same day, Sharifullah heard of the attack at HKIA … and recognized the alleged bomber as an ISIS-K operation that he had known as he was locked up.”
FBI director Kash Patel is waiting for an extradition flight that Muhammed Sharifullah wore. (Justice Department)
The sworn explanation also claimed that Sharifullah trained armed men involved in a terrorist attack in the concert location of Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia, In March 2024, which left around 130 people to death.
“In an interview with FBI Special Agents after he had abandoned his Miranda rights on or around 2 March 2025, Sharifullah stated the following: Sharifullah received an order from a well-known ISIS-K Senior leader to give instructions about the correct use of AK-Stijl guns and other weapons in Moscow,” said. “Sharifullah shared video instructions with different individuals. After the attack, Russian authorities arrested four armed men in connection with the attack. Sharifullah recognized two of those individuals as the same people to whom he gave the firearm training video.”
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday that the family members of the victims of the Abbey Gate were “emotional” when Trump called them to inform them about the conquest of Sharifullah.
“The president told these families in Arlington” that we are going to get this guy. ” We shared the information with Pakistan and he was rolled up and he will be tried in an American court, “said Waltz.
Attorney Pamela Bondi added on Wednesday that “Under the strong leadership of President Trump on the world stage, this Ministry of Justice will ensure that terrorists such as Mohammad Sharifullah have no safe haven, no second opportunities and no worse enemy than the United States of America.”
A law enforcement officer patrols the scene of the terrorist attack on the concert location of Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia, on March 23, 2024. Sharifullah was involved in training the shooters behind that attack, said the Ministry of Justice. (Stringer/AFP via Getty images)
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FBI director Kash Patel also said that his agency “will never forget the loss of these American heroes” at Abbey Gate and “will continue to hunt those who have killed our warriors malignant … and will bring them to court.”
Emma Colton from Fox News has contributed to this report.
