An Afghan man is sentenced to 20 years in prison for aiding Islamic State-linked militants in connection with a suicide bombing at Kabul airport. The attack took place about five years ago and killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 160 Afghans, according to reporting.
Prosecutors say the man provided support to the terrorist organisation that later claimed responsibility for the attack. The two outlets describe the case as tied to a member of ISIS-K, the Islamic State’s affiliate in the region. They also indicate that the prosecution focuses on the defendant’s assistance to the group rather than on direct participation in the bombing itself.
While both sources align on the sentence length, the defendant’s alleged connection to ISIS-K, and the casualty figures, they do not add differing details about the nature of the assistance or the court’s reasoning beyond the aiding charge and the group’s claimed responsibility for the attack.
