A suspected senior planner in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 American service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan has been captured and will appear Wednesday in federal court in the United States to face charges.

Trump said a member of ISIS-K was charged in the Afghanistan bombing that killed 13 US troops in 2021. Mohammad Sharifullah is due in court Wednesday.

The White House identified the man as Muhammed Sharifullah, and Trump said he is being brought to the U.S. to face charges.

In a speech to Congress, President Donald Trump announced the apprehension of the person he said was the “top terrorist” responsible for the attack that killed 13 U.S. service members in August 2021.

At a speech before Congress, President Trump announced that the U.S. has custody of Afghan militant Muhammed Sharifullah, suspected of playing a role in the 2021 suicide bombing that killed 13 servicemembers in Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the person responsible for killing 13 U.S. service members during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 had been arrested with the help of Pakistan and was now on his way to the U.

WASHINGTON—President Trump revealed Tuesday in his speech to Congress that the U.S. had taken custody of an Afghan involved in planning the deadly 2021 suicide attack at the Kabul airport that Trump has called “the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country.