(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Washington Post published a Monday report with a stunning admission for a leftist news outlet: Afghan nationals hastily brought into the U.S. by the Biden administration have struggled to adapt.
According to the Post, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan charged with terrorism and murder after allegedly shooting two National Guardsmen, had trouble adapting to life in the United States.
The Post noted that Lakanwal’s case was one among many involving Afghans brought into the country after Biden’s deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
A former senior Afghan commander now living in the U.S. told the outlet that these nationals are told they need to work “but they don’t have the skills.”
He added, “They’re not ready to just integrate themselves into the community.”
So what you're saying is he probably never should have been brought to our country in the first place. https://t.co/QoRcn6XkpQ
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 1, 2025
The former Afghan commander said he had been sounding the alarm about the stress Afghan nationals endured before coming into the U.S.
The Post then reported that the CIA-backed Zero Unit, in which Lakanwal served during the war. The unit saw the “heaviest fighting” almost daily, said retired Marine Mick Mulroy in remarks to the paper.
The article’s framing appeared to vindicate, at least in part, President Donald Trump, who halted all asylum applications and ordered a re-examination of green card recipients from Afghanistan and other countries.
Trump’s directive came in response to Lakanwal’s terrorist Nov. 26 attack against two members of the National Guard in Washington, D.C.
One of the victims, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries days later. The second Guardsman, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, remains in critical condition.
A second Afghan national, Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, was arrested in Texas on Tuesday after he allegedly recorded himself on TikTok pledging to detonate a bomb in the Fort Worth region.
These cases follow those of Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, and Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, who pleaded guilty to two terrorism-related charges after they attempted to provide material support to ISIS.
Another Afghan national, Jamal Wali, shot and wounded two Virginia police officers during a routine traffic stop. He was fatally shot after shouting, “I should have served with the f**king Taliban.”
Mohammad Kharwin was arrested earlier this year after being allowed into the U.S. by the Biden administration despite appearing on a terror watchlist.
