US EditionAfghan national arrested over alleged bomb threat in Texas: DHS
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, arrested after posting a TikTok bomb threat, entered the U.S. via Operation Allies Welcome; ICE lodged a detainer following state-level charges.
- On Tuesday, Afghan national Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, of Fort Worth, Texas, was charged in the Northern District of Texas after a Nov. 23 video posted on TikTok, X and Facebook showed him threatening bomb and suicide attacks.
- Operation Allies Welcome's resettlement has drawn renewed scrutiny after more than 77,000 Afghan nationals were resettled, with an Afghan national arrested in Oklahoma City last year marking the second foiled plot within a year.
- The criminal complaint says the video shows him speaking Dari, interacting with at least two men, and mentioning plans to build a bomb using a yellow cooking‑oil container, leading to his arrest by Texas DPS and FBI‑Dallas.
- If convicted, he faces a maximum of five years in prison, and U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said prosecutors have zero tolerance for threats of violence.
- Authorities say the alleged plot was foiled one day before the Washington, D.C. shootings, highlighting the second foiled plot within a year, and officials vowed to use every available resource, including federal, state and local agencies.
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Afghan man charged in north Texas terrorism threat
(The Center Square) – An Afghan man accused of threatening a terrorist attack against Americans after he was released into the country by the Biden administration was charged Tuesday in the Northern District of Texas.
Another Afghan ‘Refugee’ Faces Federal Charges for Alleged Terror Threat Before DC Guard Attack.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: An Afghan national who entered the U.S. during the former Biden government’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal has been federally charged with planning to attack civilians, including threats to “build a bomb” and “conduct a suicide attack.”WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Dallas office, among others.WHEN & WHERE: Alokozay, residing in…
Houston, United States. An Afghan man was arrested in Texas for threatening to make a bomb to carry out a suicide bombing, the Trump administration reported Tuesday, at a time when the president promises severe restrictions against Afghan migrants following a deadly shooting.Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, a Fort Worth resident, allegedly made threats in a video he shared on November 23 on TikTok, X, and Facebook, the Department of Justice reporte…
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