EXCLUSIVE: The Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members blocks from the White House worked with various United States government entities, including the CIA, as a member of a partner force in Afghanistan, Fox News Digital has learned.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, entered the United States on the heels of the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 under the Biden administration. Lakanwal arrived in the U.S. a month later under "Operation Allies Welcome."

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Intelligence sources told Fox News Digital that Lakanwal had a prior relationship with various entities in the U.S. government, including the CIA, due to his work as a member of a partner force in Kandahar.

"In the wake of the disastrous Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration justified bringing the alleged shooter to the United States in September 2021 due to his prior work with the U.S. government, including CIA, as a member of a partner force in Kandahar, which ended shortly following the chaotic evacuation," CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News Digital.

"The individual—and so many others—should have never been allowed to come here," Ratcliffe continued. "Our citizens and service members deserve far better than to endure the ongoing fallout from the Biden administration’s catastrophic failures." 

Ratcliffe added: "God bless our brave troops."

Fox News Digital has learned that the FBI is taking the lead on the investigation.

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Multiple high level intelligence sources told Fox News Digital that the shooting is being investigated as a possible act of international terrorism.

FBI officials confirmed the two West Virginia National Guardsmen remain in critical condition.

In an online address to the nation late Wednesday, President Donald Trump called the shooting a "savage attack" and described how one of the Guardsmen "was shot at point-blank range in a monstrous ambush-style attack just steps away from the White House."

Trump added that the "heinous assault" was an "act of evil and act of hatred and an act of terror. It was a crime against our entire nation. It was a crime against humanity."

"The hearts of all Americans tonight are with those two members of the West Virginia National Guard and their families," he added. "The love of our entire country is pouring out for them, and we are lifting them up in our prayers as we are filled with anguish and grief for those who were shot, we're also filled with righteous anger and ferocious resolve. As President of the United States, I am determined to ensure that the animal who perpetrated this atrocity pays the steepest possible price."

"This is a targeted shooting," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser explained during a news conference Wednesday afternoon following the shooting. "One individual appeared to target these guardsmen. That individual has been taken into custody."

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under former-President Joe Biden promised to "swiftly and safely" resettle Afghan allies into the United States, but multiple sources have confirmed the D.C. National Guard shooter came in under that same Biden-era program in 2021.

Biden responded to the "targeted" attack in D.C. just before news broke of how the alleged shooter, 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, entered the United States under humanitarian parole via Operation Allies Welcome, per DHS and FBI sources, giving him permission to be in country legally. 

In 2021, amid the Afghan withdrawal debacle, Biden's Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas promised to "swiftly and safely" resettle thousands of Afghan allies into the United States and confirmed that DHS had denied evacuees from entering the U.S. due to "derogatory" information obtained during the vetting process.

After the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that was followed by a Taliban takeover of the country, the Biden administration launched a large operation to support and resettle vulnerable Afghans, including those that had helped U.S. troops in the past. 

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Due to the rushed nature of the evacuation, plus broader concerns over immigration and prole-release policies, fears arose over whom the country may have been letting in. 

Mayorkas said during a Sept. 2021 press conference that 120,000 people had been evacuated from Afghanistan since the beginning of the U.S. withdrawal, just months earlier. The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center found that nearly 800 aircraft evacuated thousands of people over just a 17-day period in August 2021.

At the time, Mayorkas touted the robust biometric screening and vetting process in place — in both the U.S. and transit countries — in order to make sure every individual entering the country was properly screened. 

In response to a question at the time from Fox News' Jake Gibson, Mayorkas confirmed that there already had been individuals flagged with "derogatory information" during the vetting process, but did not specify the number of people flagged.

Mayorkas assured that 400 U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employees and the Transportation Security Administration would be brought up to assist. Part of the effort included moving refugees from military bases designated by the Pentagon to house and vet refugees before they enter the United States.

Lakanwal, who entered the U.S. in September 2021 after America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, had his permission to stay in the U.S. granted under Operation Allies Welcome, sources said. Authorities are investigating the shooting as a possible act of international terrorism. FBI officials confirmed two West Virginia National Guardsmen remain in critical condition after being shot in the head during an apparent targeted attack just a few blocks from the White House.

During comments Wednesday night, President Donald Trump called Biden "a disastrous president" and "the worst in the history of our country."

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He also ridiculed the former president for flying Lakanwal "on those infamous flights that everybody was talking about."

"Nobody knew who was coming in, nobody knew anything about it," Trump pointed out about the Afghan evacuation process under Biden. He also slammed broader parole and immigration policies under Biden, claiming Lakanwal's "status was extended under legislation signed under President Biden. "

"This attack underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation," Trump added, announcing that the government "must now reexamine every single alien who has entered our country under Biden."

Trump also appeared to suggest the death penalty for Lakanwal, stating toward the end of his address that "we will bring the perpetrator of this barbaric attack to swift and certain justice – if the bullet's going in the opposite direction – (unintelligible)."

Meanwhile, former President Biden did respond to the tragic D.C. attack, but his comments came before news of how the shooter entered the United States.

"Jill and I are heartbroken that two members of the National Guard were shot outside the White House," Biden posted on X, just before news broke that the shooter entered the country under his administration's rapid resettlement program. 

"Violence of any kind is unacceptable, and we must all stand united against it. We are praying for the service members and their families."

Fox News Digital Reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment on the news that Lakanwal came into the United States under the Biden-era program, but did not receive a response. Attempts to reach former DHS Secretary Mayorkas also were unsuccessful in time for publication.