Evening Edition: Afghan National Accused Of Election Day Terror Plot

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The Department of Justice this week announced the arrest of an Afghan national who has been accused of plotting terror attacks on Election Day gatherings. 27-year-old Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, who had worked arrived in the United States in September of 2021, just weeks after American troops pulled out of Afghanistan. He was arrested after purchasing weapons and ammunition for the planned attack from an undercover law enforcement officer. FOX’s Tonya J. Powers speaks with Jacqui Heinrich, senior White House correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC), who has been following the arrest since the start and has the latest information from officials. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Brian Kilmead. I'm Martha McCallum. I'm David Asman and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:04.8	October 11th, 2024. I'm Tanya J Powers. An Afghan national that once worked alongside the CIA
0:15.2	was arrested this week for allegedly planning an election day terror attack
0:19.0	in the name of ISIS.
0:20.5	Was this a vetting process failure or a counterterrorism victory?
0:24.0	Investigators believe right now he was radicalized sometime after coming to the US on a humanitarian
0:29.6	parole entry which is a less strict vetting process. This is the Fox News
0:35.4	rundown evening edition.
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0:44.3	And me former US Congressman Sean Duffy as we share our perspective on the discussions happening
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0:55.9	podcasts.
0:57.7	This week a 27 year old Afghan man that was living in Oklahoma for the past three years was arrested and charged with conspiring and
1:04.4	attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
1:07.6	Investigators say the man and a juvenile wanted to conduct terror attacks at large gatherings on election day where they were expecting to die as martyrs.
1:16.0	The man is said to have entered the US and applied for a special immigration visa, but that has been disputed.
1:22.0	Also unanswered is when he became so radicalized
1:24.7	he wanted to murder Americans and what does this say about the vetting process
1:28.5	for those being let into the country?
1:30.3	Nasir Ahmad Tahiti was taking it on Monday.
1:34.6	FBI agents say that he bought an AK-47 rifle and other ammunition, liquidated his family's
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