Afghan suspect in National Guard attack was 'radicalized'
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The lack of thorough vetting for tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees is back in the spotlight following a shooting carried out by an Afghan Zero Unit fighter in America's capital.
Alokozay was arrested on state terror charges and is being held at a corrections center in Tarrant County, Texas, according to court records. His arrest came just a day before two National Guard members were allegedly shot by another Afghan national -- 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal-- in Washington D.C.
In 2014, Abdullah Ameen landed in Madison, Wisconsin. It was his first time in the United States, coming from Afghanistan as a refugee.
At the Arizona Refugee Center in Phoenix, English classes take place next to stacks of open immigration cases, visual proof of the uncertainty now hanging over thousands of Afghan families in Arizona.
Some Afghan refugees in Arizona are worried about the future as the Trump administration halts all asylum decisions due to the National Guard shooting. State officials say about 3,800 Afghans have come to Arizona as part of the state's resettlement program since the end of the Afghanistan war in 2021.
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Afghan national from Operation Allies Welcome arrested, charged for threatening to bomb Texas city
Court records show that Mohammad Dawood Alokozay was charged at the state level with making a terroristic threat.
Gold Star parent attacks ex-president over chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan following a high-profile shooting in D.C.
Gold Star father blames Biden administration for D.C. shooting by Afghan national, citing inadequate vetting during failed 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.
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Afghan migrant 'built a bomb to target major US city' just one day before deadly DC shooting
An Afghan migrant has been arrested after filming himself apparently building a bomb with an eye on targeting a major US city. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said Mohammad Dawood Alokozay posted a video on TikTok threatening to blow up a building in Fort Worth,