Afghanistan
This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul.
As featured on
An Islamic State group members has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at a Kabul airport five years ago. A federal jury in Virginia had convicted Mohammad Sharifullah in April of providing material support to an IS affiliate. U.S. troops were conducting an evacuation operation at the airport when a lone suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device near an entry point known as Abbey Gate. Prosecutors say Sharifullah’s role was scouting a route to the airport.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani fighter jets on Monday struck sites in eastern Afghanistan that P…
