What other Afghans who served with CIA say about National Guard shooting suspect

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published December 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM EST

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Rolling Stone contributor Kevin Maurer about what other members of the CIA’s Zero Units in Afghanistan say about the Afghan refugee who is charged with killing a National Guard soldier and seriously wounding another in Washington, D.C., last week.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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