Afghan National Arrested for Plotting Election Day Terrorist Attack
The DOJ charged Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, for allegedly plotting an Election Day terrorist attack in the name of ISIS.
The Afghan national resides in Oklahoma City. He arrived in America on a special immigrant visa on September 9, 2021.
The co-conspirator (CC-1) in the indictment is an Afghanistan citizen juvenile located in Moore, OK, about 30 minutes south of OKC. Tawhedi’s wife is this person’s sister.
They bought weapons for an attack “on Election Day targeting large gatherings of people, during which he [Taewhedi] and CC-1 expected to be martyred.”
The FBI found Tawhedi planning the attack via Telegram with a man using Abdul Malik as an alias. A previous investigation showed the FBI that “Malik had facilitated recruitment, training, and indoctrination of persons who expressed interest in terrorist activity, including persons who wished to acquire firearms and engage in jihad and ‘operations.'”
Tawhedi told the FBI that he thought Malik had an affiliation with Dawla Islamiyya (another name for ISIS).
The men spoke about Tawhedi purchasing weapons and bullets. Tawhedi also told Malik that he and the CC-1 made moves to liquidate both families’ properties to have money to move back to Afghanistan.
They bought one-way tickets to Kabul from Dallas on October 17, 2024, “for Tawhedi’s wife and child, and CC-1’s mother and siblings.”
Tawhedi, CC-1, and CC-1’s dad did not have a ticket.
“As charged, the Justice Department foiled the defendant’s plot to acquire semi-automatic weapons and commit a violent attack in the name of ISIS on U.S. soil on Election Day,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “We will continue to combat the ongoing threat that ISIS and its supporters pose to America’s national security, and we will identify, investigate, and prosecute the individuals who seek to terrorize the American people. I am deeply grateful to the public servants of the FBI, National Security Division, and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma for their work to disrupt this attack and for the work they do every day to protect our country.”
A search of Tawhedi’s computer showed he sought out ISIS propaganda, such as terrorist pictures, including celebratory pictures of 9/11/2001.
Tawhedi’s Gmail account had an alert from TikTok regarding an account linked to his email. The subject line showed Tawhedi’s TikTok’s user name with a ninja emoji and a black flag like the ISIS flag.
TikTok banned the account.
Evidence also Tawhedi transferring money to a charity that “fronts for and funnels money to ISIS.
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