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title: "Afghan man sentenced to 20 years for role in Kabul airport bombing"
description: "Most outlets led with the 20-year prison sentence handed to an Afghan man for his alleged involvement in the 2021 Kabul airport bombing. Aaj News added that he was convicted of providing material support to Daesh-K and was sentenced in the US. 24 News HD described him as a member of the group behind the attack, without specifying the group’s name. Arab News Pakistan provided a brief summary of the sentence without additional details."
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# Afghan man sentenced to 20 years for role in Kabul airport bombing

world · updated 17 Sep 2026, 10:33 AM PKT · 17 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the 20-year prison sentence handed to an Afghan man for his alleged involvement in the 2021 Kabul airport bombing. Aaj News added that he was convicted of providing material support to Daesh-K and was sentenced in the US. 24 News HD described him as a member of the group behind the attack, without specifying the group’s name. Arab News Pakistan provided a brief summary of the sentence without additional details.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **24 News HD** — [20 years in prison for Afghan member of group behind Kabul airport bombing](https://www.24newshd.tv/17-Sep-2026/20-years-prison-afghan-member-group-behind-kabul-airport-bombing) · 17 Sep 2026, 10:33 AM PKT
  > An Afghan man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday for providing support to the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, the group behind the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul airport.
- **Aaj News (English)** — [Afghan man sentenced to 20 years in US over Kabul airport blast](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330472698/afghan-man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-us-over-kabul-airport-blast) · 17 Sep 2026, 9:47 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > An Afghan man convicted of providing material support to Daesh-K has been sentenced to 20 years in prison over his alleged role in the 2021 attack at Kabul airport during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mohammad Sharifullah was convicted by a US federal jury in April of providing material support to a terrorist organisation. Jurors, however, could not agree on whether he was directly respon...
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [20 years in prison for Afghan member of group behind Kabul airport bombing](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/20-years-in-prison-for-afghan-member-of-group-behind-kabul-airport-bombing-3001464) · 17 Sep 2026, 2:28 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing

3 articles from 3 outlets, 17 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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