Afghan national admitted via Operation Allies Welcome charged with making terroristic threat, DHS says
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An Afghan individual was apprehended this week after sharing a TikTok video that allegedly showed him constructing a bomb intended for an attack in the Fort Worth region of Texas, as reported by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to Fox News.

According to court documents, Mohammad Dawood Alokozay faces state-level charges for making a terroristic threat.

The DHS revealed that Alokozay entered the United States through Operation Allies Welcome, an initiative launched by the Biden administration to resettle Afghans following the U.S. military’s exit from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021.

Similarly, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., earlier this week, also came to the U.S. under this program.

Tarrant County Corrections Center cells and Mohammad Dawood Alokozay

Court records indicate that Mohammad Dawood Alokozay is currently detained at the Tarrant County Corrections Center in Fort Worth, Texas. (Image credit: Chris Torres/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Alokozay was arrested on Tuesday – one day before the shooting in Washington, D.C. – by the Texas Department of Public Safety and an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force in a coordinated law enforcement effort. 

Photo of National Guard shooting suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal

Undated file photo of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the shooting of  two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., November 26, 2025. (Provided by Department of Justice)

On Sept. 7, 2022, Alokozay was admitted to the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident.  

Tarrant County Corrections Center aerial view

The Tarrant County Corrections Center, right, and Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center in downtown Fort Worth on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.  (Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Getty Images)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has since lodged a detainer on Alokozay following his arrest.  

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