The bombing, which mired the Biden administration, occurred just days before the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan, ending its 20-year war.

Besides 13 U.S. service members, about 170 Afghans were also killed in the attack, which triggered widespread congressional criticism.

A man charged with helping to plan an attack that killed 13 U.S. military members reportedly sat in Pakistan’s custody for almost a year before President Donald Trump demanded justice. ISIS-K terrorist Mohammad Sharifullah had been detained by April 2024 before Pakistan used him for an “unsuccessful intelligence operation,

President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening revealed the U.S. had apprehended a “top terrorist” involved in the 2021 bombing at the Kabul airport‘s Abbey Gate in Afghanistan that killed 13 American service members and at least 170 Afghan civilians.

Since President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the surprise arrest of a man accused of taking part in the killing of 13 U.S. service members in Afghanistan, his top national security aides have repeatedly disparaged the Biden administration as either unwilling or unable to bring those responsible to justice.