The man, Mohammad Sharifullah, is accused of helping a suicide bomber approach the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul that August without being detected. The horrific attack killed 13 US military service members and injured approximately 160 civilians.

U.S. officials provided intelligence to Pakistan that led to the detention of Mohmmad Sharifullah, a leader of an Islamic State affiliate. The attack in 2021 killed 13 American soldiers and dozens of Afghans.

During his State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump announced the arrest of a man suspected of conspiring in the Kabul airport attack that killed Roseville Marine Nicole Gee in Afghanistan in 2021.