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Rahmanullah Lakanwal is a 29-year-old Afghan national identified by U.S. authorities as the suspect in the Nov. 26, 2025, shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C.; reporting says he ...
Multiple major outlets reporting on the Nov. 26, 2025 Washington, D.C. shooting say Rahmanullah Lakanwal applied for asylum in December 2024 and that his asylum application was approved in April 2025 ...
Authorities and multiple news organizations have identified the suspect as 29‑year‑old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021 under programs tied to the U.S. wi...
Reporting shows FBI agents executed a warrant at an apartment in the Walton Place complex in Bellingham, Washington, connected to 29‑year‑old Rahmanullah Lakanwal; neighbors said the family lived ther...
was granted asylum in in April 2025 after applying in December 2024; the decision followed his arrival under in 2021 and drew on both his prior cooperation with and the immigration processes available...
Officials say the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, entered the U.S. in 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome, applied for asylum in December 2024 and — according to multiple U.S. media reports and law enf...
U.S. reporting indicates the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, entered the United States in September 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome and applied for asylum in 2024; several outlets say his asylum wa...
Available sources do not identify a program specifically tied to “Lakanwal’s area,” but reporting shows the U.S. Operation Allies Welcome resettled Afghan families into private sponsorships (a U.S. re...
The suspect in the Nov. 26, 2025 ambush near the White House is identified as 29‑year‑old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who faces charges including first‑degree murder after one National Guard...
Multiple reliable outlets report that Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the November 26, 2025, shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., was granted asylum in April 2025 — after P...
Available reporting shows Rahmanullah Lakanwal was vetted multiple times by U.S. agencies: initial vetting tied to his work with U.S. forces (including the CIA) beginning around 2011, further screenin...
The immediate Trump administration response to the November 2025 Washington, D.C., shooting was to halt and review Afghan immigration files: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the D...
Available reporting does not include any on-the-record comments from Bellingham local officials or social services explicitly saying whether Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s family received free housing after a...
Available reporting says Rahmanullah Lakanwal entered the United States in 2021 via Operation Allies Welcome and later was granted asylum this year, with multiple outlets reporting U.S. immigration or...
Security experts and fact-checkers have pushed back on sweeping claims by President Trump that Afghan arrivals represent a systemic, unvetted terrorism threat; reporting shows the Washington suspect w...
Available reporting confirms that Rahmanullah Lakanwal entered the United States under the Operation Allies Welcome resettlement program on Sept. 8, 2021, and that at least one online fundraiser and s...
Multiple U.S. news outlets report that Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., applied for asylum in December 2024 and was granted...