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Jurors Weigh ISIS-K Terror Links in Kabul, Moscow Trial

4/30/2026

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Jurors are deliberating Mohammad Sharifullah’s trial for supporting ISIS-K in August 26 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing.
Defense lawyers say confession was coerced and lacks evidence linking him to the attack.
Prosecutors claim Sharifullah also helped plan the March 2024 Moscow concert hall massacre that killed about 140 people.
U.S. Central Command naming Abdul Rahman al-Logari as the bomber, President Donald Trump blamed the Biden administration for chaotic withdrawal and Abbey Gate bombing.

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Jurors are deliberating Mohammad Sharifullah’s trial for supporting ISIS-K in August 26 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing.
Defense lawyers say confession was coerced and lacks evidence linking him to the attack.
Prosecutors claim Sharifullah also helped plan the March 2024 Moscow concert hall massacre that killed about 140 people.
U.S. Central Command naming Abdul Rahman al-Logari as the bomber, President Donald Trump blamed the Biden administration for chaotic withdrawal and Abbey Gate bombing.