3 Down, Thousands To Go: Intel Reveals Many Afghan Terrorists Left Lurking In US
There are nearly 2,000 Afghans in the U.S. with ties to known or suspected terrorists, and the Biden administration failed to vet many Afghans under its Operation Allies Welcome program, a senior official with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) told the Daily Caller.
"Among 2021 Afghan evacuees, approximately 3,000 known jihadists have been located in the United States, and approximately 17,000 individuals with suspected terrorist ties have been located in the U.S.," the senior ODNI official stated, citing a National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) intelligence analysis .........................
Officials arrested a third Afghan admitted under Biden's Operation Allies Welcome program, Jaan Shah Safi, on Wednesday. He was arrested in Waynesboro, Virginia, for allegedly providing support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K). He is allegedly one of the almost 2,000 Afghans with links to known or suspected terrorists, the ODNI official stated.
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay was arrested Nov. 25 by local authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after allegedly threatening to bomb targets in Fort Worth, Texas. Alokozay was also paroled into the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome, according to federal authorities.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents arrested Jaan Shah Safi, an Afghan national who entered the United States under Biden's "Operation Allies Welcome," who provided support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K). He also provided weapons to his father who is a commander of a militia group in Afghanistan. This terrorist was arrested in Waynesboro, Virginia.