Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan national charged in Wednesday’s shooting of two National Guard troops near the White House, served for more than a decade as a mercenary for U.S. forces in wartime Afghanistan, senior intelligence officials told Newsmax. They said his mission was to kill Taliban fighters alongside American troops.
“We paid him a decent salary and kept him for 10 years,” one official said, “so we know he was good at what he did.”
Lakanwal now faces at least four federal charges in the ambush-style attack near the Farragut West Metro station — a crowded area most days, especially during the holiday season — that left two newly sworn-in National Guard members fighting for their lives.
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