- Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, a 27-year-old Afghan national, pleaded guilty in federal court in Oklahoma City to two terrorism-related offenses: conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and receiving firearms and ammunition to commit a federal crime of terrorism.
- Tawhedi planned a mass-casualty terrorist attack on U.S. soil targeting large gatherings on Election Day 2024, motivated by allegiance to ISIS, and expected to die as a martyr alongside his juvenile co-conspirator, Abdullah Haji Zada.
- Tawhedi and Zada were arrested on October 7, 2024, after purchasing two AK-47 rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition from an undercover FBI agent. Tawhedi had liquidated family assets, bought one-way tickets to Afghanistan for his family, and consumed ISIS propaganda online.
- Tawhedi faces up to 35 years in prison, and both he and Zada, who pleaded guilty in April 2025, will be permanently removed from the U.S. to Afghanistan under judicial orders upon completing their sentences, with Tawhedi’s parole status revoked. Read More
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