Sanaullah Ghafari, the chief of the Islamic State's Khorasan unit (IS-K), planned and executed the 2021 Kabul airport explosion that killed 183 people, including 13 Americans, according to the US State Department's Rewards for Justice programme.

Ghafari, also known as Shahab al-Muhajir, was selected as the commander of IS-K, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, by the IS' core leadership in June 2020, according to a statement released by the Department on Monday. "An IS release announcing al-Muhajir's identified him as an experienced military leader and one of IS-'urban K's lions' in Kabul who has been involved in guerrilla operations and the preparation of suicide and sophisticated strikes.

"Born in Afghanistan in 1994, he is in charge of approving all IS-K activities around the country and arranging funding to carry them out," the Department added. The IS-K claimed responsibility for the incident, which occurred at the Kabul airport's Abbey Gate on August 26, 2021, as US service troops sought to evacuate American civilians and Afghans following the Taliban's takeover of the nation. The dead included 170 Afghan civilians and 11 Marines, a soldier, and a sailor from the United States. A total of 45 people were hurt.

The announcement of the prize comes after the Department of Defense (DoD) said on February 3 that the attack was carried out with only one explosive device.

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