An Afghan national arrested over a planned “ISIS-inspired” attack on Election Day was working as a security guard for the CIA before coming to the United States on a special visa, NBC News reported Thursday.
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested Monday on federal charges over an alleged plot to carry out the attack after conspiring with the terrorist organization and obtaining firearms and ammunition.
Sources told NBC that Tawhedi, who lives in Oklahoma City, had worked as a security guard in his home country for the CIA, before entering the U.S. in September 2021—shortly after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The unsealed criminal complaint showed the suspect was in the U.S. on a special immigrant visa and was currently on parole awaiting adjudication of his immigration status. His wife and one child were also living with him.