The Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, led by Chairman Rand Paul, along with several other Republicans, has raised concerns about the recent arrest of two Afghan nationals in Oklahoma for allegedly planning a terrorist attack on Election Day. The main suspect, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, a 27-year-old Afghan national who entered the U.S. on a special immigrant visa in September 2021, was charged with plotting the attack in collaboration with an underage co-conspirator on behalf of ISIS.
According to reports, Tawhedi engaged in promoting ISIS propaganda, funding charities associated with ISIS support networks, and acquiring weapons for the planned attack. His juvenile co-conspirator, who is a legal permanent resident and entered the U.S. in 2018 using a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), was also involved in the plot.
