US EditionAfghan Taliban minister says US shooting has nothing to do with his people or government
Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister calls the shooting an individual criminal act unrelated to Afghanistan, noting the suspect was trained and brought to the U.S. under U.S. programs.
- On Wednesday, Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said `This incident has nothing to do with the honorable people of Afghanistan or with the Afghan government`, marking the Taliban's first comment a week after the Washington, D.C. shooting.
- Rahmanullah Lakanwal entered the U.S. in 2021 via President Joe Biden's Operation Allies Welcome and was later granted asylum under President Donald Trump.
- On Tuesday, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, Afghan immigrant suspect, was charged with murder and other offenses and appeared remotely from a hospital bed for his first U.S. court system appearance.
- The Taliban framed the attack as an individual crime while blaming U.S. handling; Amir Khan Muttaqi said, `They trained him, they assigned him, and through an illegal process...`.
- U.S. officials say the suspect served in a CIA-backed unit, and Rahmanullah Lakanwal's Afghan immigrant status quickly became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown narrative.
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You trained Afghan killer - Taliban govt accuses United States
The Taliban government said on Wednesday that the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington had nothing to do with Afghanistan. Foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said in a video released by his office that “the person who committed this act was trained by the Americans themselves.” This was the first official Taliban reaction to the incident. “So this incident does not concern the Afghan government or people,” he added. The suspect, …
Afghan Taliban minister says US shooting has nothing to do with his people or government
The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., over which an Afghan immigrant has been charged, has nothing to do with Afghanistan's people or its government, Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Wednesday.
Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban government considered Wednesday that the attack on two U.S. military personnel in Washington last week, for which an Afghan is suspected, was an “incident” that “is not concerning the government or the people” of Afghanistan. “This is an incident carried out by an individual. The person who committed this act had been trained by the Americans themselves (...) Therefore, this incident does not concern the governmen…
Afghan Taliban Minister Says US Shooting Has Nothing to Do With His People or Government
The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., over which an Afghan immigrant has been charged, has nothing to do with Afghanistan's people or its government, Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Wednesday.
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