Afghan Shooter ‘Radicalized in America’

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00:00U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that authorities believe the Afghan

00:08migrant accused of ambushing two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. did not become

00:14ideologically radicalized until after arriving in the United States.

00:21Noem told NBC that authorities believe the accused, Ramanullah Lakanwal, was already

00:27living in Washington state when he became radicalized. She added that investigators

00:32are seeking more information from his family members and others. Authorities had announced

00:39that Lakanwal worked with the CIA in Afghanistan and entered the United States in 2021 as part of

00:47the mass evacuation operation carried out by the Biden administration for Afghans, who assisted U.S.

00:54forces during the war in Afghanistan, while the Trump administration granted him asylum in April.