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Express Tribune
09-03-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
US military 'grateful to Pakistan' for Sharifullah's arrest
Listen to article The United States Central Command (US Centcom) has expressed gratitude to Pakistan for its role in capturing the main suspect behind the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. In a post on its official Urdu-language account on X, US Centcom acknowledged Pakistan's cooperation in arresting Mohammad Sharifullah, also known as Jafar, an alleged Daesh-Khorasan (ISIS-K) operative. 'We are grateful to Pakistan for its cooperation in the arrest of Sharifullah, the main suspect in the attack on the Abbey Gate of Kabul Airport in Afghanistan, and for its cooperation with the United States in bringing the suspect to justice,' the statement read. The August 2021 bombing at Kabul Airport, which occurred amid the chaotic US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan, killed at least 170 Afghan civilians and 13 US service members. Sharifullah was apprehended in Pakistan following intelligence provided by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to a news agency report. He has confessed to scouting the attack route, officials said. US President Donald Trump announced the arrest during his address to a joint session of Congress, calling Sharifullah a 'monster' and thanking Pakistan for its assistance. 'This is a very huge day for the affected families,' Trump said. Sharifullah has since been extradited to the United States and produced before a court in Virginia. According to the US Justice Department, he has admitted involvement in multiple attacks, including the March 2024 attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall. He allegedly provided video instructions on using AK-style rifles and other weapons to would-be attackers. US Centcom highlighted the collaboration between Islamabad and Washington, saying both nations share a 'common interest in the war on terrorism.'
Arab News
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Germany jails two Afghans in suspected Sweden attack plot
They were found guilty of plotting to 'kill members of parliament... in response to the burning of Qur'an in Sweden,' the higher regional court said Ibrahim M. G., 30, was sentenced to five years and six months in jail, and Ramin N., 24, received a sentence of four years and two monthsBERLIN: Two Afghan men linked to the Daesh group were jailed in Germany on Thursday for planning an attack on the Swedish parliament in retaliation for Qur'an burnings by two suspects, identified as Ibrahim M. G. and Ramin N., had allegedly tried but failed to buy guns for the were found guilty of plotting to 'kill members of parliament... in response to the burning of Qur'an in Sweden,' the higher regional court in Thuringia said in a M. G., 30, was sentenced to five years and six months in jail, and Ramin N., 24, received a sentence of four years and two defendants, who arrived in Germany in 2015 and 2016 respectively, were Daesh sympathizers who 'shared the Daesh worldview and endorsed (its) violent approach,' the court August 2023, Ibrahim M. G. became a member of the Daesh-Khorasan (Daesh-K), an offshoot of Daesh, the court two men hatched a plot to 'kill members of parliament and anyone who tried to stop the attack with firearms in the area of the Swedish parliament,' the court had searched the Internet for locations in Stockholm, how to travel to Sweden and how to acquire had also traveled to the Czech Republic to purchase firearms on the black market but the plan had fallen were arrested in the Gera area of eastern Germany in March men were found guilty of plotting to commit a crime. Ibrahim M.G. was also convicted of being a member of a terrorist organization, and Ramin N. of supporting a terrorist was 'an especially dangerous terrorist organization whose attacks and atrocities were known to and endorsed by the defendants,' the court to the plot, Ibrahim M. G. was also found to have arranged for 200 euros ($210) to be transferred to an Iranian bank account for the support of women and children of Daesh fighters at the Al-Hol camp in M. G. made a full confession during the extremists have committed several attacks in Germany in recent years, the deadliest being a truck rampage at a Berlin Christmas market in December 2016 that killed 12 motives are also suspected in several recent stabbings and car ramming attacks blamed on migrants in Germany, which have led to a bitter debate on October 2023, German prosecutors charged two Syrian brothers for planning an attack inspired by Daesh at a church in Sweden over Qur'an burnings.A series of Qur'an burnings were held across Sweden in 2023, mainly by immigration opponents, sparking outrage in the Muslim world.
