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The perpetrator of the attack on two National Guard members in Washington DC worked for the CIA in Afghanistan

2025-11-27 18:10:40Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The perpetrator of the attack on two National Guard members in Washington DC
Scene from the scene in Washington

The suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington DC on Wednesday had worked with CIA-backed military units during the US war in Afghanistan, the agency has confirmed.

The suspect, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, came to the US in September 2021 under the Operation Allies Welcome program, which granted several Afghans who had worked for the US government visas to enter the US.

Lakanwal's ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, which worked alongside US special forces in Afghanistan, were confirmed by CIA Director John Ratcliffe to the media on Wednesday evening.

The perpetrator of the attack on two National Guard members in Washington DC
Rahmanullah Lakanwal

The New York Times reported that the suspect had worked for several US government agencies in Afghanistan, including a CIA-backed unit in the southern province of Kandahar, a Taliban stronghold.

"The Biden administration justified the suspect's bringing to the United States in September 2021 because of his prior work with the US government, including the CIA," Ratcliffe told Fox News Digital, adding that Lakanwal's involvement with the agency was "as a member of a partner force in Kandahar, which ended shortly after the chaotic evacuation."

The two wounded members of the guard have been identified as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24. Both are part of the West Virginia National Guard and are in critical condition.

The perpetrator of the attack on two National Guard members in Washington DC

They had been sworn into service less than 24 hours before they were attacked at a bus stop by the suspect.

Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., said at a press conference Thursday that the suspect used a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver, shooting one guard member twice before opening fire on the second.

She said the two wounded guards "put their lives at risk to protect people they don't even know."

Other National Guard members at the scene neutralized the suspect, she said.

The suspect is under arrest and is being treated at the hospital.

Pirro said he had driven across the US from his home in Bellingham, Washington, with a plan to carry out what she called an "audacious and targeted attack".

The prosecutor said Lakanwal would be charged with three counts of assault with intent to murder while armed and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Pirro said if the guards do not survive, the charges could be increased to first-degree murder.

FBI Director Kash Patel said at a news conference that the agency was investigating the incident as an act of terrorism. Law enforcement agencies had executed search warrants at the suspect's home in Washington and in San Diego, California.

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, who has criticized the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard to the district, said: "These young men should be home in West Virginia with their families."

Patel also confirmed the suspect's relationship with U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The investigation, he said, will include anyone the suspect knows abroad and in the U.S. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said after the shooting that it has stopped processing applications for residency from Afghan nationals.

"Effective immediately, processing of all immigration applications involving Afghan nationals is suspended indefinitely, pending further review of security and vetting protocols," the agency said on social media.

After the shooting, Donald Trump ordered 500 additional National Guard troops to Washington. The president described the incident as an “act of terror” and called immigration “the greatest national security threat facing our nation.”

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