On Thursday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green wrote a letter to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security asking about the new detention of two Afghan citizens who were reportedly planning an election-day evil attack. This comes in response to a review from Just the News outlining the detention and charges brought against the defendants.
According to the Department of Justice, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, one of the suspects, was detained earlier this week and accused of conspiring and trying to support ISIS materially. Tawhedi’s reported plot to launch an ISIS-inspired assault on Election Day is the subject of the allegations.
Tawhedi reportedly entered the country during Operation Allies Refuge, a program that assisted Afghans after the U.S. military left Afghanistan in 2021, while holding a Special Immigrant Visa ( SIV ) for him. A top U. S. established, speaking secretly, confirmed that Tawhedi was granted specific pardon under this system. The sealed criminal complaint establishes that he had actually received an SIV when he arrived in the country on September 9, 2021.
In his letter, Chairman Green expressed his deep concern about the incident, saying,” The Committee is looking into the recent reports of two Afghan nationals living in Oklahoma City, who allegedly plotted an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack for Election Day.”
The email highlights the timeframe of Tawhedi’s appearance in the U. S. and his history, noting that his passage came soon after the Biden administration’s questionable withdrawal from Afghanistan. Tawhedi formerly served as a security guard for the CIA in Afghanistan, but he now appears to have undergone radicalization while he is here.
Tawhedi had attempted to get automatic weapons and ammunition as part of his story, according to court files released this month. Before carrying out the invasion, he apparently intended to relocate his family overseas. The charging papers even mention a co-conspirator, who remains unnamed as they are a slight.
” These subsequent detention raise serious concerns about the continued risk that ISIS and its zealous supporters pose to U. S. regional security, as well as the shortfall in the Biden-Harris administration’s screening and screening features”, Chairman Green wrote.
Tawhedi’s imprisonment and the emerging details have reignited conversations over the effectiveness of the U. S. administration’s screening process for refugees and immigrants, especially those who were evacuated during the Afghanistan withdrawal.