afghan
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He served in one of Afghanistan’s elite counterterrorism units operated by the CIA, according to AfghanEvac, a nonprofit organization that resettles Afghan nationals.
In 2021, it became the first African country to accept Afghan refugees evacuated after the Taliban ousted the Kabul government.
Officials said that before coming to the United States, Lakanwal had served in a CIA-backed Afghan "partner force" unit fighting the Taliban.
From Barron's
The scheme was launched in August 2021 under the Biden administration to resettle "vulnerable" Afghans after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in the same year.
From BBC
Afghans living in the US have condemned Wednesday's "deeply tragic" deadly shooting attack in Washington DC, while stressing that the suspect - who moved to the US from Afghanistan four years ago - does not represent them.
From BBC
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