National Guard shooting suspect was likely vetted by US before being granted asylum

The shooting of two National Guard personnel allegedly by an Afghan refugee in a bustling downtown neighborhood in Washington, D.C., has reopened a debate over a Biden-era program that rushed to resettle thousands of Afghans who had worked with the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan. The Biden administration brought some 76,000 Afghan refugees to the U.S. in 2021, according to a report at the time by the Department of Homeland Security. It's likely that the suspect officials have identified, Rahmanullah Lakanwal , was one of only 3,300 of those refugees that year who were granted a "special immigrant visa," a document that would have expedited his entry because of his employment with the Central Intelligence Agency and other U.S. agencies. Officials say Lakanwal came to