Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with the CIA while serving as a member of a partner force in Kandahar.
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Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the 29-year-old from Afghanistan who allegedly shot and killed one National Guard member and gravely wounded another, has a history of having worked with several United States government units, according to Fox News.
Under the Biden administration, Lakanwal entered the United States after the catastrophic retreat from Afghanistan in August 2021. The Afghan national who allegedly worked with the CIA arrived in the U.S. a month later under “Operation Allies Welcome.”
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Intelligence sources told Fox News Digital that Lakanwal had previous ties with several entities in the U.S. government, including the CIA, due to his work as a member of a partner force in Kandahar.
“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,” CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News Digital.
“The individual—and so many others—should have never been allowed to come here,” Ratcliffe continued. “Our citizens and service members deserve far better than to endure the ongoing fallout from the Biden administration’s catastrophic failures.”
“God bless our brave troops,” Ratcliffe said.
President Donald Trump termed the shooting a “savage attack” and depicted how one of the Guardsmen “was shot at point-blank range in a monstrous ambush-style attack just steps away from the White House.”
The President added that the “heinous assault” was an “act of evil and act of hatred and an act of terror. It was a crime against our entire nation. It was a crime against humanity.”
“The hearts of all Americans tonight are with those two members of the West Virginia National Guard and their families,” he added. “The love of our entire country is pouring out for them, and we are lifting them up in our prayers as we are filled with anguish and grief for those who were shot, we’re also filled with righteous anger and ferocious resolve. As President of the United States, I am determined to ensure that the animal who perpetrated this atrocity pays the steepest possible price.”
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