A man convicted of providing material support to the Islamic State terror group in connection with the deadly Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 American service members during the Biden administration's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Mohammed Sharifullah, an alleged militant with ISIS-K, a regional branch of the terrorist group, was convicted in April of a conspiracy charge in a deadly 2021 suicide bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.During his trial, jurors deadlocked on whether any deaths at the airport "resulted from" that conspiracy.Sharifullah could have faced a possible life sentence if the jury had unanimously agreed on that point.AFGHAN MAN CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY IN DEADLY SUICIDE BOMBING AT KABUL AIRPORT DURING US WITHDRAWALInside Abbey Gate, British and American security forces maintain order amongst the Afghan evacuees waiting to leave, in Kabul, Aug.
25, 2021.Mohammed Sharifullah, who was convicted of providing material support to the Islamic State, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in related to the deadly Abbey Gate suicide bombing during the 2021 withdrawal of U.S.
troops from Afghanistan.(Marcus Lam/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)More than 160 Afghans and 13 U.S.
military service members were killed on Aug.26, 2021, at the airport, where U.S.
troops were conducting evacuation operations when a lone suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device near Abbey Gate, an entry point.The U.S.withdrawal was completed days later as the Taliban retook control of the country.PENTAGON CRACKS OPEN BIDEN’S BOTCHED AFGHAN WITHDRAWAL AS SWEEPING REPORT READIES ALL THE RECEIPTSAfghans hold documents and wait outside Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul during the chaotic 2021 U.S.
evacuation.Many Afghan Christians and allies were among those seeking rescue.
(Courtesy: Oklahoma Khorasan Church)During interviews with the FBI, Sharifullah admitted that he surveil...