President Donald Trump declared Tuesday night that the United States has captured a “top terrorist” responsible for the 2021 bombing at the Abbey Gate of Kabul airport in Afghanistan, which killed at least 170 Afghan civilians and 13 US service members.

Mohammad Sharifullah was charged with giving and conspiring to provide material support for terrorism. He was allegedly involved in the bombing's planning during the US pullout from Afghanistan in August 2021. A source with knowledge of the operation said he arrived in the United States on Wednesday.

In his joint speech to Congress, Trump declared, "I am happy to report that we have just captured the leading terrorist who committed that crime, and he is currently en route to this place to face the swift blade of American justice."

Another person with knowledge of the situation said that Pakistan acted on CIA intelligence that resulted in Sharifullah's arrest. Trump hailed Pakistan for "helping arrest this monster" during his speech.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reciprocated the expression of thanks, praising Trump for "acknowledging and appreciating Pakistan's role and support in counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan."

Sharif claimed that an Afghan national named Sharifullah was captured by Pakistani security forces "in a successful operation conducted in Pakistan-Afghan border region."

He went on to say, "We will keep working closely with the United States to ensure peace and stability in the region."

Trump once again criticized President Joe Biden in his speech on Tuesday for how he handled the drawdown from Afghanistan, a point he regularly brought up during the campaign last year. Before his speech, Trump claimed to have called the families of the fallen service members, "and they did nothing but cry with happiness."

According to Trump, "that fateful day in Afghanistan was a very momentous day for those 13 families, who I actually got to know very well, the majority of whom had their children murdered, and the many people who were so badly - over 42 people so badly injured." How awful the day was. Such incapacity was displayed.

An indictment released late Tuesday charged Sharifullah in the Eastern District of Virginia with giving and conspiring to provide material assistance to a designated foreign terrorist organization that resulted in death.

He told FBI investigators during his interview on Sunday that he was recruited into ISIS-K, a division of ISIS, in 2016. The indictment claims that during the questioning, Shariffullah "admitted to supporting and conducting activities on behalf of ISIS-K in support of multiple lethal attacks."

According to court documents, Sharifullah, also known as "Jafar," was incarcerated from 2019 until two weeks prior to the Abbey Gate incident. ISIS members called him for help in the attack after he was freed.

Sharifullah was sent to search for an assailant along a route close to Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA). According to the court documents, Sharifullah carried out surveillance along a route, primarily looking for American or Taliban checkpoints and law enforcement.

"Sharifullah told other members of ISIS-K that he thought the path was unobstructed and that he did not anticipate the attacker being discovered while following that path."

According to the court documents, he was told by ISIS fighters to evacuate the vicinity of the airport. "Sharifullah discovered the above-described attack at HKIA later that same day and identified the suspected bomber as an ISIS-K member he had known while he was in prison."

The indictment also describes Sharifullal's alleged role in two additional assaults, alleging that he trained gunmen to carry out an attack on a nightclub in Moscow last year and conducted surveillance and delivered a bomber to an attack on embassy guards in Kabul in 2016.

The source also said that within his first few days on the job, Trump's CIA Director John Ratcliffe brought up the matter in his first phone conversation with the Pakistani intelligence leader.

The announcement was announced by senior administration officials.

Shortly after President Trump made the arrest public, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X, "As President Trump just announced, I can report that tonight the FBI, DOJ, and CIA have extradited one of the terrorists responsible for the murder of the 13 American soldiers at Abbey Gate during the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal." "Justice for these American heroes and their families is one step closer."