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Islamic State member sentenced to 20 years for Kabul airport bombing links
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THE BRIEF
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Mohammad Sharifullah was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison after a federal jury in Virginia convicted him of providing material support to ISIS-K.
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Prosecutors said the 28-year-old scouted a route to Hamid Karzai International Airport before the August 2021 suicide bombing that killed 13 US service members and about 160 Afghans.
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Jurors deadlocked on whether deaths resulted from the conspiracy, sparing Sharifullah from a possible life sentence.