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    Kabul bomber was deported by India 5 yrs ago: Magazine with IS links

    A magazine known to be associated with the Islamic State has claimed that the suicide bomber who targeted the airport as it thronged with people seeking to leave last month, killing over 200 people, had been arrested in five years ago and then deported to .

    Identifying the bomber as “Abdur Rahman al-logri”, the -IS magazine Sawt-al-Hind (Voice of India) said, “The brother was arrested 5 years ago in India, when he had traveled to Delhi to carry out an Istishadhi (martyrdom) operation on the ciw (cow) worshipping Hindus in revenge for Kashmir.”

    The magazine said it was he who was behind the Kabul airport bombing, adding that it had killed 250 people, including 13 Americans and a dozen “apostate” Taliban.

    Sources in the Indian security establishment did not confirm or deny the claims made by the magazine. In 2017, the Indian intelligence agencies had deported an Afghan national staying in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi, on suspicions of working for the Islamic State, and the US forces had taken him into custody in Afghanistan.

    Hailing the attacker, Sawt-al-Hind said, “… the brother was tested with imprisonment and was deported to Afghanistan… Staying true to his promise to Allah, the brother didn't go home, rather he carried out his operation, his heart filled with tranquillity and pleasure, we consider him such and Allah is his judge.”

    It said that ahead of the US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the Kabul airport had…

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