The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday clarified that the individual \u2014 arrested in Delaware state of the US and charged with illegally possessing a machinegun \u2014 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\u2019s Office said.
\nForeign Office Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi said that the arrested individual spent only a short period of time in Pakistan as an Afghan migrant. \u201cLuqmaan Khan is an Afghan national who has spent most of his life in the US,\u201d he added. The US Attorney\u2019s Office said that Khan resisted arrest before police began a search of the vehicle, as they found a loaded 357\u2011caliber handgun fitted with a conversion\u2011brace 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 \u201cUD Police Station\u201d were written.
\n\u201cOn November 25, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and NCCPD executed a search warrant at Khan\u2019s Wilmington residence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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