Afghan National Arrested After Cross-Country Drive to Attack U.S. Soldiers

U.S. officials say an Afghan man drove across the country to target two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The attack occurred on Wednesday afternoon just blocks from the White House. The suspect previously worked for the CIA in Afghanistan. He arrived in the United States in 2021. Officials arrested him after he shot and wounded two soldiers from the West Virginia National Guard. Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, stated that a motive for the violence is not yet known. The investigation is ongoing. This incident happens as National Guard troops remain deployed in the nation's capital and other U.S. cities.