Jury is deliberating in trial of alleged IS militant charged in deadly Kabul airport bombing
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An alleged Islamic State militant falsely confessed to helping plan a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the U. S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense lawyer told jurors Tuesday at the close of the man's trial in Virginia. The jury began deliberating after hearing attorneys' closing arguments in the federal trial of Mohammad Sharifullah, whose capture was heralded by President Donald Trump as he addressed a joint session of...
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