Afghan national arrested in Texas, charged with making a terroristic threat

An Afghan citizen was arrested this week after posting a video on TikTok stating that he was preparing a bomb targeting the Fort Worth area in Texas, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News.

Court records show Mohammad Dawood Alokozay was charged with making state-level terroristic threats.

DHS said Alokozay came to the United States as part of Operation Welcome Allies under the Biden administration. This effort resettled Afghans after the U.S. military withdrew from the country in the summer of 2021.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the alleged gunman involved in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington DC this week, also came to the United States as part of the same program.

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Alokozay was arrested Tuesday — one day before the shooting in Washington, D.C. — as part of a coordinated law enforcement effort by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.

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Undated file photo of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, DC, November 26, 2025. (provided by the Ministry of Justice)

Alokozay was admitted to the United States as a legal permanent resident on September 7, 2022.

Tarrant County Department of Corrections (right) and the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center in downtown Fort Worth on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Getty Images)

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Alokozay following his arrest.

Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.