US deports Afghan woman after 'alien terrorist' trial over failed mass shooting

A woman in the US has been deported to Afghanistan after admitting in a rarely used federal court that she was an “alien terrorist”. The court was created three decades ago but held its first hearing only this year.The US justice department accused Nazira Haji Zada, 47, of supporting her son and son-in-law as they prepared a mass shooting inspired by the Islamic State for election day 2024. The attack never took place, and both men were arrested and later convicted on terrorism-related charges.Haji Zada, who previously lived at Fort Worth in Texas, was not charged with any crime herself.