- Abdullah Haji Zada, a 19-year-old Afghan citizen and U.S. lawful permanent resident, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for conspiring to receive firearms and ammunition intended for an Election Day terrorist attack in November 2024, on behalf of ISIS. He pleaded guilty in April 2025 and faces deportation to Afghanistan after his term.
- Zada and co-conspirator Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 28, another Afghan national, acquired two AK-47-style rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition to target a crowd in a U.S. city on Election Day, aiming to advance ISIS’s violent extremist ideology. The plot was disrupted by the FBI and the Oklahoma City Joint Terrorism Task Force in October 2024.
- Tawhedi pleaded guilty in June 2025 to providing material support to ISIS, facing up to 35 years combined. Read More
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