THE ISIS boss behind the devastating Kabul suicide bombing that killed 183 individuals has been arrested, as President Donald Trump warned he’ll face the “sword of American justice”.

The bomber heinously detonated a tool amongst packed crowds as they tried to flee Afghanistan, killing 170 Afghans and 13 US troops simply days after the Taliban seized management of the capital.

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In his first tackle to Congress in his second time period, Trump introduced on Tuesday that Pakistan had assisted within the arrest of “the highest terrorist accountable” for the airport “atrocity”.

He added that the terrorist “is correct now on his approach right here to face the swift sword of American justice”.

The Republican additionally took a swipe at his predecessor Joe Biden’s oversight of the “disastrous and incompetent withdrawal from Afghanistan”.

Trump thanked Pakistan “for serving to arrest this monster” however gave no particulars of the suspect or the arrest operation.

In the meantime Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated the person the nation’s safety forces had arrested was Mohammad Sharifullah – a high commander for Islamic State Khorasan.

The US withdrew its final troops from Afghanistan on the final day of August in 2021, ending a tumultuous evacuation of tens of hundreds of Afghans.

Residents had rushed to Kabul’s airport within the hope of desperately boarding a flight overseas after the Taliban brutally seized management of the capital.

Heartbreaking photos of crowds storming the airport, climbing on high of planes and a few clinging to departing plane have been launched worldwide.

In April 2023, the White Home introduced that an Islamic State official concerned in plotting the assault on the airport’s Abbey Gate had been killed in an operation by Afghanistan’s new Taliban authorities.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked Trump for “acknowledging and appreciating Pakistan’s position and help” in counter-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan.

He wrote on X: “We’ll proceed to associate intently with the US in securing regional peace and stability.”

Pakistan’s strategic significance has dwindled dramatically because the US and Nato withdrawal from Afghanistan – however militancy has rebounded within the border areas.

Pakistan metropolis Islamabad accused capital Kabul of failing to root out militants sheltering on Afghan soil, which the evil Taliban authorities denies.

The regional chapter of the Islamic State group, generally known as the Islamic State Khorasan, has staged a rising variety of bloody worldwide assaults.

This consists of heinously killing greater than 140 individuals at a Moscow live performance corridor and over 90 in an Iranian bombing final yr.

Michael Kugelman, South Asia Institute director at The Wilson Middle, stated on X that Pakistan was trying to “leverage US considerations about terror in Afghanistan and pitch a renewed safety partnership.”

He added: “Pakistan’s assist catching the Abbey Gate assault plotter needs to be seen on this context.”

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