An Afghan national has been hit with a federal charge after allegedly plotting to carry out a su!cide car or truck bombing in the United States.Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, who has been residing in Fort Worth, Texas, was arrested after a video was posted on TikTok, X, and Facebook days before Thanksgiving.According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Alokozay stated in the video that Americans and infidels must perish and claimed he was going to use an improvised explosive devicementioning a specific yellow cooking oil container favored by the Taliban for building IEDsto carry out the attack.
The November 23 video call displayed Alokozay angrily gesturing and speaking Dari, a language commonly spoken in Afghanistan, while interacting with at least two other males, per a DOJ press release.The FBIs Dallas Field Office, with the assistance of the Fort Worth Resident Agency and Police Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Texas Department of Public Safety, quickly thwarted the potential attack.US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould filed a single federal charge against Alokozay, 30, of making threatening communications in interstate commerce.Alokozay is currently in custody pending an initial appearance before a US magistrate judge.Attorney General Pam Bondi released a statement connecting the case to broader political concerns: This Afghan national came into America during the Biden administration and as alleged, explicitly stated that he came here in order to kill American citizens.The public safety threat created by the Biden administrations vetting breakdown cannot be overstated the Department of Justice will continue working with our federal and state partners to protect the American people from the prior administrations dangerous incompetence.Alokozay reportedly entered the United States under the Operation Allies Welcome resettlement program following the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in 2021. The arrest closely follows a separate high-profile incident where another Afghan national, also admitted under the same program, allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C.
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