{"id":2515320,"date":"2025-11-27T22:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-national-guard-shooting-suspect-worked-with-cia\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T22:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:37:06","slug":"afghan-national-guard-shooting-suspect-worked-with-cia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-national-guard-shooting-suspect-worked-with-cia\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan National Guard Shooting Suspect Worked with CIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghan-national-guard-shooting-suspect-worked-with-cia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal,who worked with the CIA and other U.S. government entities in Kandahar, Afghanistan, is accused of attacking two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C. He allegedly shot the guardsmen in the head at a metro station near the White House.Lakanwal arrived in the U.S. shortly after the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, brought in due to his previous cooperation with U.S. partner forces. Following the incident, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services suspended processing immigration requests from Afghan nationals indefinitely to review security protocols. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jennings-slams-free-palestine-movement-as-domestic-terror\/\" title=\"Jennings slams &#039;Free Palestine&#039; movement as &#039;domestic terror&#039;\">attacker reportedly shouted<\/a> &#8220;Allahu Akbar&#8221; before opening fire and was subdued by the guardsmen. Earlier, other Afghan nationals have been linked to terrorist plots in the U.S., prompting heightened security concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Afghan national accused of ambushing two West Virginia National Guard members on Wednesday worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly shot the guardsmen, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe and 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, in the head with a Smith and Wesson revolver at the Farragut West Metro Station in Washington, D.C., roughly a mile from the White House. Lakanwal, who aided the CIA, arrived in the United States shortly after the August 2021 American withdrawal from Afghanistan, where he worked in Kandahar Province, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/alleged-national-guard-shooter-worked-us-government-entities-afghanistan-including-cia-ratcliffe\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the wake of the disastrous Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration justified bringing the alleged shooter to the United States in September 2021 due to his prior work with the U.S. government, including CIA, as a member of a partner force in Kandahar, which ended shortly following the chaotic evacuation,&rdquo; CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXCLUSIVE: The Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members worked with various US government entities, including the CIA, as a member of a partner force in Kandahar, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CIADirector?\">@CIADirector<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalGaurd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalGaurd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4b7eYZNVzx\">https:\/\/t.co\/4b7eYZNVzx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brooke Singman (@BrookeSingman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrookeSingman\/status\/1993908905215480131?\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced in a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USCIS\/status\/1993882694640415163\">post<\/a> on X that it was pausing the processing of immigration requests from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Effective immediately, processing of all <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >immigration requests relating<\/a> to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols,&rdquo; USCIS posted. &ldquo;The protection and safety of our homeland and of the American people remains our singular focus and mission.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lakanwal shouted &ldquo;Allahu Akbar!&rdquo; before opening fire with a revolver, journalist Julio Rojas <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/julio_rosas11\/status\/1993828457877241938?s=46\">reported<\/a>. One guardsman on the scene stabbed Lakanwal with a pocketknife, while another one fired multiple shots that struck the assailant, according to Rojas.<\/p>\n<p>Other Afghan nationals have been involved in terrorist plots. FBI agents arrested 27-year-old Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in October 2024 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/afghan-national-arrested-plotting-election-day-terrorist-attack-name-isis\">charged<\/a>&nbsp;him in connection with a plot to carry out an attack with two AK-47-style semiautomatic rifles.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department to restore public safety in the District on Aug. 11 after Department of Government Efficiency staffer Edward Coristine, known by the moniker &ldquo;Big Balls,&rdquo; was severely injured when he tried to stop a carjacking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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Rahmanullah Lakanwal is alleged to have shot 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe and 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom in the head using a Smith &amp; Wesson revolver at the Farragut West Metro Station in Washington, D.C., about a mile from the White House. Lakanwal, who assisted the CIA while working in Kandahar Province, arrived in the U.S. shortly after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News that following what he described as a disastrous withdrawal under President Biden, the administration allowed Lakanwal into the country due to his prior work with U.S. government agencies as part of a partner force in Kandahar-a role that ended soon after evacuation efforts concluded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2515321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-27T213630.109.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7228,7362,37479,4300,4230],"class_list":["post-2515320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-afghanistan","tag-cia","tag-national-guard","tag-shooting","tag-suspect"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-27T213630.109.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515324,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515320\/revisions\/2515324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}