US EditionNational Guard Shooting Doesn't Provide Any Easy Answers -- only More Questions
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a former CIA-trained Afghan militia member, killed two soldiers amid unresolved trauma and lack of support after his 2021 U.S. evacuation, experts say.
- On Nov. 26, 2025, two National Guardsmen from West Virginia were shot blocks from the White House, and Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021, is detained at a local hospital.
- Rahmanullah Lakanwal's history traces to service in the CIA's Zero Units, which operated outside Afghan law and Kabul's control as a rapid-response force built by U.S. military and intelligence services.
- Evacuations folded former Zero Unit fighters into American suburbs with little mental-health support, while Human Rights Watch documented at least 14 major abuses and minors recruited into units.
- World Relief Corporation of the National Association of Evangelicals said it was "shocked and devastated" by last week's shooting, cannot confirm assisting the suspect, and offered law enforcement support as Afghan evacuees fear deportation amid Donald Trump and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
- Analysts connect the shooting to two decades of U.S. shadow-war policies, citing Zero Units' operational impunity and urging U.S. policymakers to address risks to Afghan communities harmed by the units.
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A week ago Afghan refugee Rahmanullah Lakanwal carried out an attack on two National Guards in Washington. The motive is still unclear. But everything points to a traumatized perpetrator.
Intelligence Agencies Give Update On DC Shooting Case - Patriot Newsfeed
It’s a chilling case that may represent far more than just a tragic and violent outburst — it could be the first visible crack in a growing national security threat born directly from the failed withdrawal from Afghanistan. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man accused of shooting two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., — killing one and critically injuring the other — is now the subject of an intense federal investigation. According to sources c…
Journalist Provides Deep Intel on National Guard Killer
Journalist Kevin Maurer, who writes for Rolling Stone, said the National Guard attack was not a radical terror attack. It looks like a person with mental health issues, he said. Killer, Rahmanallah Lakanwal had language issues, culture issues, and couldn’t get a job. Maurer called it a tragedy that this guy slipped through the cracks. […] The post Journalist Provides Deep Intel on National Guard Killer appeared first on www.independentsentinel.c…
World Relief 'cannot confirm' if it assisted National Guard shooter under refugee resettlement programs
The Evangelical aid charity World Relief says it “cannot confirm” if it provided assistance in the resettlement of an Afghan national to the U.S. who later shot two National Guard members, killing one. #WorldRelief #NationalGuard #DCShooting
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