President Trump announced the arrest of the Islamic State Commander in Afghanistan and Pakistan who helped in planning 2021 attack on Kabul Airport 13 American service members and dozens of other people were killed.
“We have just arrested the best terrorists responsible for that horror, and he is now on his way here to confront the sword of American justice,” said Mr. Trump during his speech to Congress on Tuesday.
The current and former officials said that the United States had provided intelligence information to Pakistan that led to the seizure of the leader, Muhammad Sharif Allah, who helped draw the attack on The monastery portal Kabul Airport entrance.
The monastery portal attack Become a symbol of chaos From the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in the opening months of the Biden Administration. The army was warned of the possibility of terrorist attacks at the airport, as thousands of Afghans were meeting, in the hope of fleeing when the Taliban was controlling the country.
Although Mr. Biden did not name his statements about the attack, Mr. Trump expressed his regret to withdraw from Afghanistan as “catastrophic and incompetent.” “Perhaps the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country.”
Since he took office, John Ratcliffe, Director of Mr. Trump, spoke with the head of intelligence in Pakistan, Lieutenant General Ameme Malik, about Mr. Sharif Allah. Mr. Shaif Allah is the leader of the group known as the name Khorasan Province is the Islamic StateOr isis-k.
Cliff Sims, an informal advisor to Mr. Ratcliffe, He wrote in a social media publication This was one of Mr. Trump’s first orders to the agency was to give priority to searching for those responsible for the monastery gate attack.
Mr. Sims wrote: “On his second day in his position, Ratcliffe raised this issue during his first invitation with the Pakistani espionage chief and repeated it during their meeting at the Munich Security Conference.” “This cooperation led to a great victory in combating terrorism for the United States and progress towards justice to the families of the American heroes we lost on that day.”
In another publication on social media, Cash Patel, director of the FBI, said that Mr. Charif Allah had been handed over to the United States. “One step is closer to justice for these American heroes and their families,” Mr. Patel wrote.
An American official said that the CIA and the Federal Investigation Office were notified 10 days ago that Pakistan had seized Mr. Charity Allah and that it is expected to arrive in the United States on Wednesday, The developments that were reported earlier by axios.
