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- Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national and former CIA-backed 'Zero Units' member, faces first-degree murder charges in a Washington, D.C., shooting.
- The shooting left one National Guard member dead and another critically injured.
- Lakanwal struggled with mental illness and financial pressures and said he felt abandoned by the U.S. government.
- Resettled in Bellingham, Washington, he faced isolation and immigration-related job loss.
- The Afghan community fears greater hardship.
