ISIS-K members are described by the President Donald Trump According to the Ministry of Justice affidavit, the suspect as the “top terrorist” behind the 2021 monastery gate explosion admitted that last year’s terrorist attack near Moscow involved attack routes and training gunmen.
Muhammed Sharifullah, accused of providing material support and resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations, resulting in death, will appear in Virginia for the first time on Wednesday in Virginia. If convicted, he will face the highest penalty.
Photos released by the Justice Department show FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi and directors of national intelligence firm Tulsi Gabbard
President Trump announced in his pre-UN address last night that Sharifullah’s captives, he said he was “happy to announce that we have just arrested the biggest terrorists against this atrocity,” which killed 13 U.S. service workers in August 2021.
Trump reveals arrest of top terrorists behind the monastery gate attack
On Wednesday, March 5, Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Centre and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, arrived in the United States after Muhammed Sharifullah was arrested overseas. (Ministry of Justice)
What is the Monastery Gate Attack?
exist US military withdraws from Afghanistan In the summer of 2021, U.S. and Alliance forces conducted evacuation operations at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
The Ministry of Justice said the monastery gate was the main entrance to the operation, and according to the Ministry of Justice, thousands of civilians were in the area.
Abdul Rahman al-Logari, a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the ISIS-K province, “detonated a suicide bomb in the gates of the monastery, killing 13 U.S. military service members, about 160 civilians and killing 160 civilians.”
A few days later, the U.S. withdrawal was completed, and the Taliban then claimed control of Afghanistan.
Taliban fighters were at a checkpoint outside the Abbey Gate on August 25, 2021, the day before the bombing. （Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Get Times）
Affidavit released by the Justice Department said that special agents of the FBI interviewed Sharifullah early this week, during which he revealed that he was in prison in Afghanistan two weeks before the monastery gate attack.
“After Sharifullah is issued, members of ISIS-K contacted Sharifullah to arrange for his assistance in the upcoming attack,” the affidavit said.
“ISIS-K members provided Sharifullah with funds for motorcycles, cell phones and SIM cards and directed to open an account on a specific social media platform in the hope of communicating with them during the attack. After preparing for the attack, Sharifullah’s mission was to reconnaissance the attacker’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, providing a route for the attackers.” Sharifullah was surveillance on a route, specializing in inspecting law enforcement and US or Taliban checkpoints.
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“Sharifullah communicated with other ISIS-K members, who he believed the route was clear and he believed that the attacker would not be found when crossing the route. The ISIS-K members then instructed Sharifullah to leave the HKIA area,” it continued. “Later that day, Sharifara learned of HKIA’s attack…and realized that it was allegedly an ISIS-K bomber, who he knew when he was imprisoned.”
FBI Director Kash Patel is awaiting Muhammed Sharifullah’s extradition flight. (Ministry of Justice)
The affidavit also claimed that gunmen who participated in the terrorist attack were trained at the concert venue of the Crocodile City Hall Moscow, Russia, In March 2024, about 130 people died.
“Sharifullah received an order from a known senior leader of ISIS-K to provide instructions on how to properly use AK rifles and other weapons in order to defeat the attacker in Moscow,” Sharifullah shared video instructions with several people. After the attack, Russian authorities arrested four gunmen in connection with the attack. Sharifullah recognized that two of them were the same person he provided gun training videos.”
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz told Fox & Friends Wednesday that the family of the abbey gate victims were “emotional” when Trump called them to inform them of Sharifullah’s arrest.
“The president said to these families in Arlington, ‘We’re looking for this guy.’ We shared intelligence with Pakistan, he’s rolled up and he’s going to be tried in the U.S. court. ” Walz said.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi added Wednesday: “Under President Trump’s strong leadership on the world stage, the Justice Department will ensure that terrorists like Mohammad Sharifullah have no safe havens, no second chance, and no enemy worse than the United States of America.”
The Ministry of Justice said a law enforcement officer patrolled the scene of the terrorist attack on March 23, 2024 at the concert venue of the Crocodile City Hall in Moscow, Russia. The Justice Department said Sharifullah was involved in training the gunman behind the attack. (via Getty Image String/AFP)
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FBI Director Kash Patel also said his agency “will never forget the loss of these American heroes” and “will continue to hunt down those who viciously murder our warriors…and bring them to justice.”
Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to the report.
