An Afghan man has been charged in Texas with threatening to build a bomb and carry out a suicide attack, United States officials said on Tuesday, as the Trump administration vows a crackdown on Afghan migrants after a deadly shooting.<\/p>\n
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, of Fort Worth, allegedly made the threats in a November 23 video that he shared on TikTok, X and Facebook, the Justice Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n
In the video, Alokozay allegedly praises the Taliban and threatens to carry out a suicide attack on Americans.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to public reports of a threatening online video, the FBI\u2019s Joint Terrorism Task Force apprehended this individual before he could commit an act of violence,\u201d FBI Dallas special agent in charge Joseph Rothrock said.<\/p>\n
Attorney General Pamela Bondi said Alokozay \u201ccame into America during the Biden administration and, as alleged, explicitly stated that he came here in order to kill American citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n
He faces up to five years in prison if convicted of making a threatening interstate communication.<\/p>\n
Alokozay\u2019s arrest comes a week after the shooting near the White House in Washington of two National Guard members.<\/p>\n
A 29-year-old Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the attack, which left one of the soldiers dead.<\/p>\n
Lakanwal had been part of a CIA-backed \u201cpartner force\u201d fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, and entered the United States as part of a resettlement program following the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump said Sunday his administration intends to pause asylum decisions for \u201ca long time\u201d after the shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want those people,\u201d he said on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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