Rahmanullah Lakanwal

‘He was radicalised in the US’: Kristi Noem claims DC shooting suspect was ‘unvetted’ by the Biden administration | World News

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has claimed that the suspect accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, DC, may have been radicalised after arriving in the United States and was inadequately vetted under the Biden administration. Noem made the comments during an interview on ABC News’ This Week with Jonathan Karl. Kristi Noem […]

‘Death squad’: DC shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal is linked to Afghanistan’s elite ‘Zero Unit’ – What is it

Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, has been arrested in connection with a brazen daylight shooting in Washington, DC, just blocks away from the White House. In response to the shooting, the Trump administration announced a pause on all asylum decisions and a suspension of visa issuance for Afghan nationals.Lakanwal, who previously served with the US […]

After DC shooting, another Afghan national arrested for posting TikTok video showing him constructing a bomb

A second Afghan national brought to the United States under Operation Allies Welcome was arrested on Saturday, only days after a separate case of a shooting in Washington DC. This latest arrest involves a man accused of posting a TikTok video that appeared to show him constructing a bomb and naming the Fort Worth area […]

Trump pauses all asylum decisions: Order applies to all nationalities; follows shooting near White House

Representational (AP file photo) Trump administration on Friday ordered US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers to stop making all asylum decisions, following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, DC. The pause comes after Wednesday’s attack, which officials say was carried out by an Afghan man who received asylum earlier this year. […]

‘Stop sending millions of dollars to…’: Ex-Afghanistan VP makes 3 requests to Trump govt after DC shooting

As the Donald Trump administration cracked down on ‘hellhole’ Afghanistan after Afghan-origin Rahmanullah Lakanwal was identified as the suspected shooter outside White House, former Afghanistan vice president Amrullah Saleh said all Afghan-origin people should not pay the price of what Lakanwal did.Saleh made three requests to the Donald Trump administration, and one of them was […]

‘Had mental problems from what he saw in Afghanistan’: Childhood friend says DC shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal could not tolerate blood

The motive of Afghan-origin Rahmanullah Lakanwal firing at two National Guard officials in an ambush-style attack outside White House still remains a puzzle as his neighbors, friends could also not shed any light on what turned him into a rogue. Lakanwal worked with the CIA before and was allowed to enter the US in 2021 […]

National Guard troop shot near White House dies; second victim critical, Trump says

US president Donald Trump said on Thursday that Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two National Guard soldiers shot near the White House a day earlier, had died of her injuries. The second soldier, he said, was “fighting for his life”. Trump called Beckstrom a “highly respected, young, magnificent person” and said he learned of her […]

‘You miss all the signs when…’: Kash Patel on how Trump admin granted asylum to shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal

FBI director Kash Patel sidestepped a crucial question on how DC shooting suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an immigrant from Afghanistan who came to the US in 2021, was granted asylum by the Donald Trump administration in 2025. When Patel was asked whether the authorities missed any signs while granting asylum, Patel did not address the heart […]

‘People called me racist in 2021’: JD Vance reacts amid row over who allowed White House shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal inside US

Vice President JD Vance said when he had criticized Joe Biden’s policy of letting Afghan refugees into the US in 2021, he was called a racist. “They shouldn’t have been in our country,” Vance said, reacting to the revelation that Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a refugee from Afghanistan who shot two National Guard members in a terror […]

‘Rahmanullah Lakanwal was working with…’: Nick Fuentes makes big claim on Washington shooter who killed 2

Right wing commentator Nick Fuentes is pushing his own angle on the brutal Washington DC shooting that left two National Guard members dead.Fuentes claimed that the suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal was not some hidden “Taliban fanatic” but a longtime collaborator of the United States military. The claim fanned the flames on an already tense situation as […]