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Officials announced that Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021 and once worked with the U.S. government, including the CIA, is suspected of carrying out a "calculated attack" against two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. CBS News' Nicole Sganga, Nancy Cordes and Sam Vinograd have more.
President Trump weighed in on the shooting in Washington, D.C., where two members of the National Guard were injured. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021, previously worked with the U.S. government, including the CIA, CBS News has learned. Nancy Cordes and Sam Vinograd have more.
Officials provided an update on the investigation into a shooting in Washington, D.C., where two National Guard members were allegedly targeted by 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal. The suspect faces several charges of assault with intent to kill while armed. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports.
The "Zero Units" were considered by the U.S. and its international partners to be among Afghanistan's most trusted domestic forces.
Federal immigration authorities said Wednesday they have paused processing requests from Afghan nationals, after a man from Afghanistan was identified as the suspect in the D.C. National Guard shooting.
Two National Guardsmen are in critical condition after being shot in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Law enforcement sources say the suspect is an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021. CBS News' Anna Schecter and Erica Brown have more details.
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President Trump on Friday said he is ending deportation protections for Somali immigrants in Minnesota.
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Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, some 200,000 Afghans have found refuge in the U.S. Most were given ""humanitarian parole"" to stay in the country. But the Trump administration has ended those protections and many now face deportation back to Afghanistan, where they fear Taliban retribution. Washington Post reporter John Woodrow Cox joins to discuss one such case.
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The new documentary "Bodyguard of Lies" from See It Now Studios looks back at America's 20-year war in Afghanistan, featuring testimony from government insiders and newly released footage. John Sopko, the former Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, joins "CBS Mornings Plus" for more.
The new Paramount+ documentary "Bodyguard of Lies" highlights the efforts across four presidential administrations to conceal the challenges the U.S. faced during the Afghanistan War. John Sopko, who served as the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction under former President Barack Obama, joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
President Trump is renewing his call to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram, even saying "we're talking now to Afghanistan" about the matter.
The Taliban is reacting to President Trump's remarks about the U.S. regaining access to the Bagram air base in Afghanistan. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reprts.
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have released British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who were held for almost eight months without charge.
President Trump said he is trying to get the Bagram air base in Afghanistan "back" during his press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Jonathan Wachtel, a global affairs analyst and OurCo co-founder, joins CBS News to discuss the announcement's significance.
This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," in the wake of a forthcoming GOP report on Afghanistan, House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul discusses its findings with Margaret Brennan. Plus, Brennan speaks with former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley.
No information was provided on how many people are being held in each country, who they are or why they were imprisoned.
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot a few blocks from the White House, and a suspect identified as an Afghan national is in custody.
The review comes after an Afghan national who arrived in the U.S. in 2021 was arrested in the shooting of two National Guard members.
The "Zero Units" were considered by the U.S. and its international partners to be among Afghanistan's most trusted domestic forces.
A 29-year-old Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been identified as the suspected shooter in the ambush that wounded two National Guard troops in D.C., officials say.
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