President Trump announced that the US has apprehended the “top terrorist” responsible for the deadly bombing outside the Kabul airport during the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.

“Three and a half years ago, ISIS terrorists killed 13 American service members and countless others in the Abbey Gate bombing,” Trump said during his speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday.

“Tonight, I am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity,” the president revealed. “And he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of American justice.” 

Trump thanked the government of Pakistan for assisting in apprehending the “monster” and added that it was “a very momentous day” for Gold Star families affected by the attack. 

FBI Director Kash Patel posted shortly after the mid-speech announcement that the extradition of the ISIS-K terrorist was a joint operation accomplished by members of the bureau, DOJ and CIA.

“One step closer to justice for these American heroes and their families,” Patel said in a statement.

Family members of the 13 US service members killed in the blast had grown close to the once and future president in the wake of the tragedy — with several spending last Memorial Day at their loved ones’ graves in Arlington National Cemetery.

The chaotic withdrawal of US forces and diplomats occurred in August 2021, with earlier departures in the interior of Afghanistan leading to a final airlift out of Kabul.

The Taliban released thousands of ISIS terrorists from prisons amid the pullout — including at the largest US military air base in Bagram.

One of those terrorists, Abdul Rahman al-Logari, was later identified as the terrorist who wore and detonated a suicide vest stuffed with 20 pounds of explosives and ball bearings, according to US military officials.

It’s unclear if al-Logari is the terrorist in custody that Trump referenced.

Roughly 170 Afghan civilians were also killed in the bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport.

On the 2024 campaign trail, Trump promised mass firings for all military officials involved in the botched bugout.

“When I take office, we will ask for the resignations of every single official,” he said at a National Guard Association conference in August.

“We’ll get the resignations of every single senior official who touched the Afghanistan calamity, to be on my desk at noon on Inauguration Day.”

The president didn’t make the move after returning to the Oval Office but hinted that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should make it a top priority during the first cabinet meeting.

“I’m not going to tell this man what to do, but I will say that if I had his place, I’d fire every single one of them,” he told the Pentagon chief last month.

Hegseth vowed “full accountability” for all senior-ranking officials responsible — and noted that the Department of Defense was “doing a complete review of every single aspect of what happened.”