The United States has charged Mohammad Sharifullah with helping to plan an attack that killed 13 U.S. service members during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice said,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the person responsible for killing 13 U.S. service members during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 had been arrested with the help of Pakistan and was now on his way to the U.S. to face justice.

The man was apprehended in Pakistan and flown to Virginia to face terrorism charges. Prosecutors say the man admitted to helping plan the Abbey Gate bombing and other lethal attacks.

WASHINGTON—President Trump revealed Tuesday in his speech to Congress that the U.S. had taken custody of an Afghan involved in planning the deadly 2021 suicide attack at the Kabul airport that Trump has called “the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country.

In a speech to Congress, President Donald Trump announced the apprehension of the person he said was the “top terrorist” responsible for the attack that killed 13 U.S. service members in August 2021.