Alleged Mastermind of Bombing That Killed 13 Soldiers at Abbey Gate Arrives in U.S.
Patel: “3 and 1/2 years later, justice for our 13.”
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the U.S. brought in Mohammad Sharifullah, the alleged mastermind behind the bombing at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan that killed 13 soldiers.
- Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo
- Sgt. Nicole L. Gee
- Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover
- Cpl. Hunter Lopez
- Cpl. Daegan W. Page
- Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez
- Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza
- Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz
- Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum
- Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola
- Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui
- Navy Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak
- Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss
PHOTO: Mohammad Sharifullah, alleged co-conspirator in the murder of American soldiers at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan, apprehended and extradited last night — wheels down to face American justice.
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— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) March 5, 2025
Sharifullah belongs to the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K).
Former President Joe Biden’s administration messed up our withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The administration used Abbey Gate as the main entry point.
On August 26, 2021, thousands of civilians gathered at Abbey Gate, desperate to get out because they knew the Taliban would take over.
Boom.
“At approximately 5:36 p.m., ISIS-K member Abdul Rahman al-Logari detonated a body-worn suicide bomb at Abbey Gate, killing 13 U.S. military service members and approximately 160 civilians,” the DOJ wrote in a press release.
Sharifullah went to jail in 2019, but left two weeks before the Abbey Gate attack.
ISIS-K immediately contacted Sharifullah to bring him into the planning stage of the attack:
ISIS-K members provided Sharifullah with a motorcycle, funds for a cell phone and a SIM card, and instructions to open an account on a particular social media platform to communicate with them during the attack operation. After making these preparations for the attack, Sharifullah was tasked with scouting a route near HKIA for an attacker. Sharifullah conducted surveillance on a route, specifically checking for law enforcement and American or Taliban checkpoints. Sharifullah communicated to other ISIS-K members that he believed the route was clear and that he did not think the attacker would be detected while proceeding through that route. ISIS-K members then instructed Sharifullah to leave the area of HKIA. Later that same day, Sharifullah learned of the attack at HKIA described above and recognized the alleged bomber as an ISIS-K operative he had known while incarcerated.
Sharifullah admitted his parts in other terrorist attacks:
On June 20, 2016, a suicide bomber acting for ISIS-K detonated a bomb that killed over ten embassy guards and multiple civilians and wounded other soldiers guarding the Canadian embassy in Kabul. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. As alleged in the complaint, prior to the attack, Sharifullah conducted surveillance to prepare the suicide bomber and later transported the bomber to the attack area.
On March 22, 2024, a group of ISIS-K gunmen attacked Crocus City Hall near Moscow, Russia. The attack killed approximately 130 people and injured numerous others. Russian authorities arrested four gunmen in connection with the attack. During his interview with the FBI, Sharifullah admitted that, on behalf of ISIS-K, he had shared instructions on how to use AK-style rifles and other weapons to would-be attackers. Sharifullah also admitted to recognizing two of the four arrested gunmen as those he had previously instructed.
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No justice that I can see
Yeah it’s good he’s been caught, but in reality, 13 Americans were blown apart and so were their families
They will never get their loved ones back
And the 160 people desperately trying to get away from the Taliban…
One of Americas worst moments
Justice does not equal full restoration – in this world.
But it’s still important.
As Trump said last night, it wasn’t really so hard, all it needed was a different president.
Somebody remind me again… who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to abandon the most heavily fortified military base on the planet and move everybody to a commercial airfield for evac?
For people who hadn’t been paying attention, this was the first strong clue that Joe Biden* was a mental retard and that he had surrounded himself with American-hating morons.
In the aftermath of this monumental screwup by our ‘leadership’ of the time, I got my first hint that Texas Rep Dan Crenshaw was a uniparty symp… listening to him use his military service as an ‘appeal to authority’ (himself) while he tried to justify the lunacy of such a tactical move made me want to vomit.
I believe we are going to find out whose great idea it was to abandon Bagram and also why they just upped sticks and left without telling their allies! F88king 🤡 show!
Also the wrong time to be picked up by the wrong Adjinistration who will put him to death.
Not Biden – we need the names of the person(s) who masterminded this fiasco including murder, theft, etc.
When they charge and try him they should also be trying Joe Biden and Lloyd Austin as accessories.
Make sure you try him as an illegal combatant. Then actually execute him. Do not let the appeals run on long enough for another President to pardon him.