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The father of Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old man who carried out the worst mass shooting in American history, is a political activist who is running for President of Afghanistan.
Seddique Mateen, an Afghan national, was apparently in Washington, D.C. recently, carrying out advocacy work with the State Department and Congress, according to the Independent Journal. He posted recent pictures of himself on Facebook at the State Department and Democratic Foreign Services Committee offices.
Seddique Mateen at the US State Department Facebook
