Afghans
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BOSTON (AP) — A Boston civil rights group is challenging the U.S. government’s denial of humanitarian relief to scores of Afghans fleeing from the Taliban. The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in Boston federal court Wednesday on . . .
The Biden administration is preparing Monday to notify several Afghans currently waiting at a U.S. Army base in Kosovo that they’ll be denied entry to the United States, two administration officials told Axios. Why it matters: Such formal determinations may ultimately impact as many as 16 refugees currently at Camp Bondsteel in eastern Kosovo. They […]
JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. — Sana Khairi, an 18-year-old Afghan with wide brown eyes, knew precisely how long she had been living in a temporary encampment on a New Jersey military base: 47 days. After fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban seized power, she and her mother and four siblings were routed through Germany before arriving […]
More than 28,000 Afghans have applied for temporary admission into the United States for humanitarian reasons since shortly before the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan and sparked a chaotic US withdrawal, but only about 100 of them have been approved, according to federal officials. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has struggled to keep up with the […]
The Pentagon logo is seen behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo Oct 15 (Reuters) – The Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed in a botched U.S. drone attack in Afghanistan in August […]
Kabul, Afghanistan CNN —  Fawad is one of hundreds and probably thousands of Afghans whose applications for visas to enter the US are somewhere in limbo. Now, unable to reach Kabul airport, he and his family are living in fear – too scared to venture outside.
SACRAMENTO — They call themselves the lucky people, the Afghans who made it out in time. Lucky, they say, but guilt-ridden, shocked and angry. Tens of thousands of Afghans have resettled in the United States in the two decades since the American invasion of Afghanistan, some of them arriving as recently as a few days […]
Former US Army Ranger Tom Amenta CNN Former US Army Ranger Tom Amenta, who served two tours in Afghanistan, says all veterans want to get out of Afghanistan, “but this isn’t the way,” and that America will end up returning to the country. “All of us want to find a way to get us out, but […]
Ismail — whose last name is being withheld to protect his safety — is one of scores of Afghans who worked alongside the United States during its two-decade military campaign in Afghanistan and are now desperate for the US government’s help in getting out of the country. The rapid collapse of the Afghan capital city […]
Afghans In The U.S. Protest The White House’s Handling Of Afghanistan NPR Source link