Die Erfassung von ISIS-K-Operativ war nicht nur die Arbeit von Trump, sagen Biden-Beamte

Since President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the surprise arrest of a man accused of taking part in the killing of 13 U.S. service members in Afghanistan, his top national security aides have repeatedly disparaged the Biden administration as either unwilling or unable to bring those responsible to justice.

The attack, conducted by an ISIS-K suicide bomber, killed an estimated 170 Afghan civilians waiting outside Kabul airport near an entrance known as „Abbey Gate.“ The deaths were emblematic of the chaotic withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan in 2021.

Five former Biden administration officials, as well as one current U.S. official, say the capture of the ISIS-K operative, Mohammad Sharifullah, was not solely the work of the Trump administration. They say it was aided by a years-long joint intelligence effort by the United States and Pakistan targeting ISIS-K, the Afghan branch of the Islamic State, including Sharifullah in particular.

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