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20 years in prison for Afghan member of group behind Kabul airport bombing

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20 years in prison for Afghan member of group behind Kabul airport bombing
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WASHINGTON, United States: An Afghan man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday for providing support to the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, the group behind the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul airport. Mohammad Sharifullah, a member of Islamic State Khorasan (ISK), was convicted by a federal jury in Virginia in April of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organization. Prosecutors had sought to tie Sharifullah to the Kabul airport attack that killed at leas

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