According to 2024 emails obtained by CBS News, Rahmanullah Lakanwal had been struggling to hold a job and had not been doing well mentally for more than a year.

West Virginia honored fallen National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom and critically injured Guardsman Andrew Wolfe with a moment of silence before the university's football game.

Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal was a member of a “Zero Unit,” an elite squad of Afghans who have faced hardships in the U.S. due to visa and employment issues, experts say.

Emails obtained by the Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.

On Wednesday in Washington, D.C., two National Guard troops were shot, one fatally. The shooting suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who had assisted U.S. forces during the war in Afghanistan, was granted asylum by the Trump administration earlier this year.

Asylum seekers and Afghans were left reeling after the Trump administration further curtailed immigration after the shooting of two National Guard troops in D.C.