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The Taliban government said on Wednesday that the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington had nothing to do with Afghanistan.
Foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said in a video released by his office that “the person who committed this act was trained by the Americans themselves.”
This was the first official Taliban reaction to the incident.
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“So this incident does not concern the Afghan government or people,” he added.
The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to the November 26 shootings.
US officials said he had been part of a CIA-backed partner force fighting the Taliban before coming to the United States through a resettlement program after the 2021 American military withdrawal.
Muttaqi said, “They trained this man, employed him, and he left Afghanistan through an illegal process that did not match international norms.”
United States lawmaker, representing West Virginia’s Second District, Rep Riley Moore has said the planned visa restriction for Nigerians supporting or aiding terrorism in the country is a good first step.
The Eastern Updates recalls that the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on Wednesday announced that President Trump’s government will restrict US visas for those who knowingly direct, authorize, fund, support, or carry out violations of religious freedom”.
Reacting, Rep Moore, in a post on his official X page, welcomed the new visa policy, targeted against perpetrators of violence against Christians in Nigeria.
The lawmaker declared that through the visa policy, accountability is coming to the Islamic extremists and their sympathizers.
According to the post, “This is a good first step.
“Accountability is coming to those who perpetrate or turn a blind eye to the persecution of our brothers and sisters in Christ”.
