US $ 10 million award to identify perpetrators of Kabul airport bombing

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Publish Date: 12:22 - 08 February 2022
Tuesday, 8 February 2022 (YJC)_ The US government has set a $ 10 million reward for information leading to the capture or identification of the perpetrators of the Kabul airport bombing in the final days of the US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan.

US $ 10 million award to identify perpetrators of Kabul airport bombingThe US government has offered a $ 10 million reward for information leading to the capture or identification of the perpetrators of the August 2021 bombing of Kabul Airport, which killed 13 US military personnel.

According to Rasha Today, Gentry Smith, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, announced Monday that the State Department's "Rewards for Justice" program is up to $ 10 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of those responsible for the attack. Terrorist August 26, 2021 Kabul International Airport, in any country. He also announced a separate award of up to $ 10 million for information leading to the identification or location of Sanaullah Ghaffari, the leader of ISIS in Khorasan province, who he said is responsible for verifying all ISIS operations across Afghanistan.

The August 26, 2021 bombing of Kabul Airport occurred as the U.S. military was withdrawing personnel and allies from Afghanistan, killing a total of 13 U.S. troops and more than 160 civilians in an attack claimed by the Afghan branch of ISIS. More than 150 people were injured. At least 28 Taliban members were also reported killed in the attack.

Christopher Landberg, the deputy chief coordinator of the US Counter-Terrorism Office, said on Monday that the US government was in contact with the Taliban, who were working to fight ISIS in Afghanistan.

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