Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, has been identified as the gunman who critically wounded two West Virginia National Guard members in a brazen daylight shooting near the White House on November 26, 2025, just before Thanksgiving. Lakanwal, who entered the U.S. in 2021 under the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome humanitarian parole program following the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, allegedly opened fire with a handgun around 2:15 p.m., screaming “Allahu Akbar” as he targeted the soldiers on patrol. A relative told NBC News that Lakanwal had served 10 years in the Afghan Army alongside U.S. Special Forces, arriving in the U.S. seeking asylum after the Taliban takeover. But a closer look at his ID card reveals a chilling connection: it lists him as a member of the Kandahar Strike Force, a CIA-backed paramilitary unit that operated out of Firebase Gecko in Kandahar Province. This elite group, trained and equipped by the CIA for high-risk counterterrorism raids, worked in tandem with U.S. and Afghan special operations forces, raising immediate questions about whether Lakanwal was “one of theirs”—a vetted asset turned rogue.

The Kandahar Strike Force wasn’t just any militia; it was one of the CIA’s most notorious paramilitary creations, operating from Firebase Gecko—a fortified stronghold in southern Afghanistan’s volatile heartland. Built in 1996 as Mullah Omar’s lavish residence (with rumored funding from Osama bin Laden), the compound was seized by U.S. forces post-9/11 and repurposed as Camp Gecko, later renamed Firebase Maholic in honor of a fallen Green Beret. Human Rights Watch and Afghanistan Analysts Network reports detail how Gecko served as a hub for CIA paramilitary teams, U.S. Special Forces, and Afghan strike units like the KSF, which numbered around 400 fighters recruited for brutal night raids against Taliban and ISIS targets. These operations, often lacking oversight, were accused of war crimes including extrajudicial killings, torture, and civilian massacres—echoing whispers of MKUltra-style psychological ops in a “joint U.S.-Afghan Special Operations base.” Lakanwal’s affiliation, per his ID, places him squarely in this web: a “card holder working in conjunction with Afghan and U.S. Armed Forces,” calling Firebase Gecko for mission support. If true, this isn’t random terrorism; it’s a potential blowback from America’s own covert Frankenstein.

The shooting demands an urgent, no-holds-barred investigation into rogue CIA elements: was Lakanwal directed by black-hat spooks to orchestrate this “act of war” against Trump’s National Guard detail, aimed at sowing chaos in the capital? With the suspect shot and hospitalized, and no motive yet confirmed beyond the battle cry, the White House lockdown and Trump’s vow to “re-examine every Afghan refugee” from Biden’s era underscore the stakes. Critics like Stephen Miller have long warned of color-revolution tactics via the intelligence community, and Lakanwal’s KSF ties—forged in Gecko’s shadows—smack of blowback from unchecked paramilitary programs that armed and trained fighters now roaming U.S. soil. Homeland Security must launch a full-scale denaturalization and deportation initiative for all such assets, while Congress subpoenas CIA records on Gecko and the Strike Force. This isn’t just a shooting; it’s a symptom of the deep state’s unfinished business in Afghanistan, where yesterday’s allies become tomorrow’s assassins. If Brennan-era holdovers are pulling strings, the Republic hangs by a thread—time to cut it clean.