The US has halted all visa issuance for Afghan passport holders after an Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal—who arrived under the 2021 Operation Allies Welcome programme—shot dead a National Guard soldier near the White House.

THE accused Afghan soldier responsible for a possible terror attack near the White House had served alongside American troops in his homeland. Investigations point to Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, as

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, is suspected of shooting two National Guard soldiers near the White House.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it was halting the processing of immigration requests for Afghan nationals after the National Guard shooting.

The National Guard troops, and the alleged shooter, are alive and being treated in hospital. The suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is an Afghan national who entered the US during the country’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. He later applied for asylum, which was granted by the Trump administration in April of this year.

The combat veteran had been an infantryman in Afghanistan – a job where you keep your head on a swivel and constantly take inventory of your surroundings. And so he was paying close attention as an Army gynecologist examined his pregnant wife,

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