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(NewsNation) — Counterterrorism Chief Sebastian Gorka told NewsNation that the fishy successful the Kabul airdrome bombing confessed to the attack, which killed 13 American work members during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The suspected elder planner, identified arsenic Mohammad Sharifullah, has been taken into custody, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
Officials impeach him of being a subordinate of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate, known arsenic ISIS-Khorasan, oregon ISIS-K, and accidental helium admitted his relation successful that onslaught and others during an interrogation with FBI agents Sunday aft being taken into custody.
"When helium saw my team, helium knew that the state helium had enjoyed for acold excessively agelong was over, and helium volition dice successful prison," Gorka said during a Wednesday quality connected NewsNation's "Elizabeth Vargas Reports."
On Wednesday, elder Pakistani quality officers confirmed the apprehension and said Sharifullah, besides known arsenic Jafar, was captured successful the country’s restive southwest Balochistan state adjacent the borderline with Afghanistan aft aggregate operations had failed to prehend him. The officers, who spoke connected the information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to speech to the media, said Sharifullah had joined the militant radical successful 2016 and was progressive successful galore attacks crossed Afghanistan.
Sharifullah is charged successful national tribunal successful Virginia with providing worldly enactment to a overseas violent organization, resulting successful death. He volition look a justice and beryllium assigned a lawyer to talk connected his behalf. Additional charges are imaginable arsenic the lawsuit moves done the tribunal system.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
