A 29-year-old Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who entered the U.S. in 2021 under the Biden-era Operation Allies Welcome programme, is accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard soldiers just blocks from the White House in what officials describe as a targeted attack being probed as potential terrorism. The shooting, which left both Guardsmen critically injured and the suspect wounded but in custody, has ignited a fierce political firestorm in Washington, with Donald Trump condemning it as an “act of terror” and demanding a full review of all Afghans resettled under the evacuation scheme, while media reports and Taliban-linked sources raise questions about Lakanwal’s past ties to U.S.-backed Afghan units and the vetting process for evacuees.
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