Man held in US is Afghan National: FO

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday clarified that the individual — arrested in Delaware state of the US and charged with illegally possessing a machinegun — is not Pakistani but an Afghan national. The ministry issued the statement in response to a wave of propaganda by Indian media outlets that falsely tried to link the arrested man to Pakistan. The man, identified as Luqmaan Khan, 25, hailed from Wilmington, was charged this week with illegally possessing a machine gun, after police and federal agents uncovered a cache of weapons and ammunition from his car on November 24, the US Attorney’s Office said.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said that the arrested individual spent only a short period of time in Pakistan as an Afghan migrant. “Luqmaan Khan is an Afghan national who has spent most of his life in the US,” he added. The US Attorney’s Office said that Khan resisted arrest before police began a search of the vehicle, as they found a loaded 357‑caliber handgun fitted with a conversion‑brace kit, multiple extended magazines, a ballistic plate, and a notebook containing a layout of a building with entry and exit points under which the words “UD Police Station” were written.
“On November 25, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and NCCPD executed a search warrant at Khan’s Wilmington residence.