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| US Offers $18M for Daesh-Khorasan Leaders |
| 2026-08-27 |
| [ToloNews] Five years have passed since the deadly ISIS attack on the outskirts of Kabul airport …on Aug. 26, 2021, at the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport during the US-led evacuation from Afghanistan. The attack was carried out by an ISIS-K suicide bomber… —an attack that, in the final days of the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, killed at least 170 Afghan citizens and 13 US service members and maimed dozens of others.The US Department of State has offered rewards totaling up to $18 million for information about two leaders of ISIS-Khorasan. The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice program said it is offering a reward of up to $8 million for information leading to the identification or capture of Sanaullah Ghafari, also known as Shahab al-Muhajir, the leader of ISIS-Khorasan, and up to $10 million for information about Obaidullah, another ISIS-Khorasan leader. According to the department, Ghafari is responsible for approving ISIS-Khorasan operations and securing financial resources for the group’s activities, while Obaidullah manages the group’s financial activities. Sadiq Shinwari, a military affairs analyst, said: "Offering rewards for ISIS leaders can be very effective in identifying them and restricting the group’s activities, but these rewards are not enough. ISIS continues to operate in small, scattered cells in countries across the region, and combating the group requires intelligence and information-sharing cooperation." Rooters previously reported in 2024 that Sanaullah Ghafari, also known as Shahab al-Muhajir, was living in Pakistain’s Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... province. The Islamic Emirate has also previously said on several occasions that it targeted ISIS in parts of Pakistain, including Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Sarwar Niazi, a military affairs analyst, said: "ISIS is a threat to peace in the region and the world, and all countries must take part in the fight against ISIS. Without cooperation among countries, no single country can prevent ISIS’s activities on its own." The US announcement of these rewards comes as ISIS-Khorasan remains one of the gangs closely watched by countries in the region and the international community, amid concerns about the group’s financial and operational networks in the region. Related: Abbey Gate: 2026-08-19 Judge Blocks Homeland Security Review of Migrant Trucker Licenses Abbey Gate: 2026-07-19 UN Official: Al-Qaeda Still Maintains a Presence in Afghanistan Abbey Gate: 2026-05-27 The court acquitted a district police officer in the case against two defendants in the Crocus terrorist attack Related: Rewards for Justice: 2026-08-14 Mujahid Says No Information on Missing Afghan-American Mahmood Shah Habibi Rewards for Justice: 2026-07-23 Syria’s Security Establishment: New Appointments, the Same HTS Leadership Dana Polak Rewards for Justice: 2026-05-29 Iran-backed militia leader killed in car bombing in Iraq |
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