The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members in DC shares a close military connection to a countryman who was busted a day earlier in Texas and accused of making bomb threats, The Post has learned.

The two arrests brought a sudden national focus to lapses in vetting and monitoring of migrants from Afghanistan – including many who assisted American forces in the war there – following the chaotic US troop withdrawal under the Biden Administration.

In a concerning tie, both men served at the same counterterrorism base in Kandahar during the Afghan war, sources said.

Senior Trump administration members disclosed details about Rahmanullah Lakanwal immediately after he allegedly shot two National Guard members in DC last Wednesday, killing West Virginia Guard Specialist Sarah

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