The arrest last week of an Afghan national on suspicion of plotting an election day attack in support of the Islamic State in the United States highlights the enduring threat of the terror group more than five years after its territorial defeat in Syria by U.S.-backed forces.
According to charging documents filed against Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, federal authorities allege that the Afghan national who has been living in the United States since he arrived in the aftermath of the chaotic withdrawal plotted to commit an election day terrorist attack but was foiled by the FBI.
In addition to terrorism-related charges, Tawhedi was charged with “attempting to provide material support and resources” to ISIS, which is a U.S.-designated terror organization.
Tawhedi’s special immigration status, granted by the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the Afghanistan withdrawal, caused a stir on Capitol Hill, but the suspect’s radicalization likely occurred after he entered the country senior officials reportedly said, raising concerns about the Islamic State’s reach and threat to the U.S. homeland.
Tawhedi’s arrest is not an isolated warning sign. On the same day the terror suspect was detained and charged in the United States, the domestic intelligence chief of one of America’s closest allies warned the public that the renewed threat of ISIS is one of his top concerns. […]
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