A 32-year-old Afghan national living in Fort Worth, Texas, has pleaded guilty to transmitting a threatening communication after making an online threat to carry out a suicide attack.

Mohammad Dawood Alokozay was charged in November 2025 after a portion of a social media livestream in which he made the threat was recorded and circulated on TikTok and other platforms.

According to U.S. court documents, Alokozay made the threat during a livestream on November 23, 2025, following an exchange involving several people, including another Afghan national. Authorities said the discussion included offensive remarks linked to longstanding tribal tensions.

Members of the public reported the video to authorities, after which federal agents and local law enforcement identified and located Alokozay, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.

No explosives found

Authorities searched Alokozay’s home and cellphone but found no explosives or bomb-making materials. Prosecutors said investigators determined that he did not intend to carry out an actual attack.

Alokozay nevertheless admitted in court documents that he knowingly transmitted a threat to injure another person through interstate and foreign commerce.

He pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton.

Alokozay faces up to five years in federal prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and up to three years of supervised release.

The FBI said the case demonstrates the seriousness with which authorities treat online threats of violence. FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock also thanked members of the public who reported the video.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI offices in Dallas and Fort Worth, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Fort Worth Police Department.

A sentencing date has not yet been announced.

Moscow will host a regional security meeting focused on Afghanistan and Central Asia on October 15 and 16, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has announced.

The meeting will bring together representatives of the CSTO, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

According to the CSTO, participants will discuss security developments in Central Asia and Afghanistan, with a focus on regional stability and emerging security challenges.

Meanwhile, the CSTO Collective Security Council is scheduled to meet in Moscow on November 10 and 11.

The council will discuss measures to strengthen the collective security system and expand security cooperation among member states.

Officials are expected to consider and adopt measures aimed at improving coordination and enhancing regional security cooperation.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stressed that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s interest, while calling for “concrete and verifiable” action against terrorist groups that Islamabad alleges are operating from Afghan territory.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Office said Sharif made the remarks on Wednesday during a meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Islamabad.

The Pakistani prime minister expressed serious concern over what he described as “terrorism originating from Afghanistan.”

He said Pakistan wants a peaceful and stable Afghanistan, but stressed the need for concrete action against groups that Islamabad accuses of carrying out attacks from Afghan territory.

Separately, Guterres met with Pakistan army chief, Syed Asim Munir who also raised terrorism concerns.

The meetings come amid heightened tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with Islamabad repeatedly accusing armed groups of using Afghan territory to launch attacks against Pakistan. Officials of the Islamic Emirate have repeatedly rejected the allegations and said Afghanistan’s territory will not be used against other countries.