The Justice Department has announced the arrest of an Afghan national accused of conspiring to conduct a terrorist attack on Election Day in the United States on behalf of the Islamic state.

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DOJ: Election Day terrorist plot foiled, Afghan national arrested

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Afghan national Nasir Tawhedi was arrested for conspiring to conduct an ISIS-inspired terrorist plot on US Election Day. He faces decades in prison.

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