Suspected Abbey Gate bomber convicted of aiding Islamic State group but jury deadlocked over alleged role in attack
Mohammad Sharifullah was convicted of providing material support to ISIS-K, the Islamic State's regional branch, in connection with the 2021 Abbey Gate suicide bombing during the U.S. withdrawal from Kabul, but the jury could not agree on whether he was directly responsible for the attack that killed 13 U.S. service members and approximately 160 Afghans. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison after being found guilty on one count of conspiracy, avoiding a potential life sentence that would have required a unanimous jury finding on death resulting from the conspiracy. The trial highlighted disputes over the strength of evidence, with the defense arguing that Sharifullah's statements to the FBI were unreliable and not corroborated by physical evidence.
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US News Suspected Abbey Gate bomber convicted of aiding Islamic State group but jury deadlocked over alleged role in attack By Associated Press Published April 29, 2026, 4:41 p.m. ET An alleged Islamic State group militant from Afghanistan was convicted on Wednesday of aiding the terror organization that took credit for a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport, but a jury couldn’t agree on whether he bears some responsibility for that attack during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country in 2021. Mohammad Sharifullah faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after his one-count conviction in an international terrorism case that President Donald Trump heralded last year during a speech to a joint session of Congress. Sharifullah didn’t testify at his weeklong trial.
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