Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, FBI Director Kash Patel, center, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, center right, are seen on Wednesday, March 5, awaiting Muhammed Sharifullah's arrival to the U.S. following his arrest overseas. (Justice Department)
During the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, American and coalition forces were conducting an evacuation operation at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Abbey Gate was the main entry point for the operation and thousands of civilians were in the area on Aug. 26, 2021, according to the Justice Department.
Around 5:36 p.m. that day, Abdul Rahman al-Logari – a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), "detonated a body-worn suicide bomb at Abbey Gate, killing 13 U.S. military service members and approximately 160 civilians," the Justice Department said.
The U.S. withdrawal was completed a few days later and the Taliban later claimed control of Afghanistan.
FBI Director Kash Patel is seen waiting for an extradition flight that was carrying Muhammed Sharifullah. (Justice Department)
The affidavit also alleged that Sharifullah trained gunmen involved in a terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow, Russia, in March 2024, which left around 130 people dead.
"In an interview with FBI Special Agents after waiving his Miranda rights on or about March 2, 2025, Sharifullah stated the following: Sharifullah received an order from a known ISIS-K senior leader to provide instructions on how to properly use AK-style rifles and other weapons to would-be attackers in Moscow," it said. "Sharifullah shared video instructions with several individuals. Following the attack, Russian authorities arrested four gunmen in connection with the attack. Sharifullah recognized two of those individuals as the same people to whom he provided the firearms training video."
National security advisor Michael Waltz told "Fox & Friends" Wednesday that the Abbey Gate victims’ family members were "emotional" when Trump called them to inform them of Sharifullah’s capture.
"The president said to these families at Arlington ‘we are going to get this guy.’ We shared the intelligence with Pakistan and he’s rolled up and he will be tried in a U.S. court," Waltz said.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi added Wednesday that "Under President Trump’s strong leadership on the world stage, this Department of Justice will ensure that terrorists like Mohammad Sharifullah have no safe haven, no second chances, and no worse enemy than the United States of America."
A law enforcement officer patrols the scene of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow, Russia, on March 23, 2024. Sharifullah was involved in training the gunmen behind that attack, the Justice Department said. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images)
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FBI Director Kash Patel also said his agency "will never forget the loss of these American heroes" at Abbey Gate and "will continue to hunt down those who viciously murdered our warriors... and bring them to justice."
Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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