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Relative of Afghan accused of terror plot in U.S. is charged with planning attack in France

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A family member of an Afghan national accused of planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Oklahoma on Election Day was charged in France on Saturday .

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi , 27 , was accused of plotting a violent attack with an assault rifle on Nov. 5 , the day Americans head to the polls.

Sources say he worked as a security guard for the CIA in Afghanistan .

A senior Biden administration official says he had been screened twice but no derogatory information was detected.

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