Afghan refugees feel ‘betrayed’ by Trump order blocking move to US

” It’s like the United States doesn’t actually understand what I did for this country, it’s a betrayal”, Abdullah tells the BBC.

He and his parents fled Afghanistan in August 2021 as a result of the US military’s departure, becoming a parachute. Due to President Donald Trump’s executive order, which suspends a relocation program, he worries that he doesn’t support his sister and her husband leave.

Without any exception for people of energetic servicemembers, the order cancels all airlines and suspends programs for Afghan immigrants.

Trump asserts that the choice addresses “record ranges of movement” that threaten” the availability of resources for Americans.”

Despite years of working alongside American officials, soldiers, and non-profit organizations in Afghanistan, Abdullah and other Afghan migrants have told the BBC that they believe the US has “turned its up” on them. We are not using their real names because they worry that doing so could endanger their circumstances or put their families in danger.

As soon as Abdullah heard about the attempt, he called his sister in Afghanistan. ” She was crying, she’s lost all hope”, he said. He thinks that his efforts have made her a destination for the Taliban state, which became in power in 2021.

” The stress, it’s simply unimaginable. She thinks we’ll not been able to see each other again”, he says.

Abdullah claims to have worked as an speaker for US troops during the war. When he left Afghanistan, his sister and her husband weren’t getting documents in time to board the aircraft.

All Afghans is “live in the country without fear,” according to Suhail Shaheen, a spokeswoman for the Taliban authorities, who spoke to the BBC. He claims these immigrants are “economic workers”.

But a UN record in 2023 cast doubt on claims from the Taliban government. Despite a common asylum, plenty of former government representatives and members of the armed forces were reportedly killed.

The medical examinations and conversations needed for settlement in the US were completed by Abdullah’s wife and husband. The US Department of Defense has approved their program, according to a report that the BBC has seen.

Abdullah claims that Trump’s conviction that immigration is excessive does not support his parting from his home. He describes having sleepless nights, and claims that his anxiety is having an impact on his job as a member of his battle unit, which is serving the United States.

Babak, a erstwhile legal assistant to the Afghan Air Force, is still in hiding in Afghanistan.

” They’re not only breaking their claim to us- they’re breaking us”, he says.

The BBC has received letters from the UN confirming his position as well as a letter supporting a letter from a Lt. Colonel in the US Air Force confirming his prison state. He is mentioned in the confirmation in addition to offering guidance on how to strike militants who are connected to the Islamic State group and the Taliban.

Babak didn’t understand the government’s decision, given that he worked alongside US soldiers. ” We risked our lives because of those operations. Today we’re in grave hazard”, he says.

He has been frantically moving his wife and young child from one place to another, desperately trying to stay hidden. He claims his nephew was tortured for his movements. Given the nature of his claims, the BBC is unable to evaluate this aspect of his history.

Babak is asking Trump and his assistant Mike Waltz for a change of heart.

” Mike Waltz, you served in Afghanistan. Choose encourage the leader”, he tells us.

Before saying goodbye, he adds:” The one ray of light we’ve been holding onto has been extinguished”.

Ahmad is then separated from his family, but he was able to fly out to the US amid the chaos of the removal. He felt as though he had no other choice but to abandon his mother, young siblings, and dad.

He claims that his family would not be the goals of the Taliban government if he and his father had no collaborated with the US. ” I can’t sleep knowing I’m one of the reasons they’re in this condition”, he adds.

Before the Taliban takeover, Ahmad worked for a non-profit called Open Government Partnership ( OGP), co-founded by the US 13 years ago and headquartered in Washington. He claims that the creation of a special prosecutor to tackle women’s abuses is the work he’s most proud of.

He claims that before the Taliban took control of the country, he was shot by Taliban soldiers because of his job at OGP and his support for women.

A notice from a doctor in Pennsylvania that the BBC has seen is” concordant with his account of what happened to him in Kabul.” It is “evidence of harm from gun and shot fragments,” according to the report.

He claims that his home is in danger as a result of his father’s involvement with the Afghan military and CIA assistance. The BBC has seen a document, provided by the Afghan National Security Forces, thanking his parents for his company.

Ahmad says the Taliban government has harassed his parents, brothers and sisters, but they fled to Pakistan. The BBC has seen images of Ahmad’s father and brother receiving medical care in a clinic for wounds he claims were caused by members of the Taliban authorities.

His household had successfully completed the relocation process in many ways. He claims to have even provided proof that he has enough money to pay his household without any federal assistance once they arrive in the US.

Then Ahmad says the position is crucial. His family has applicants that will expire in a few months. He has contacted the IOM and been instructed to “be person.”

The head of# AfghanEvac, a non-profit group helping eligible Afghan refugees resettle, said he estimated 10, 000-15, 000 people were in the late stages of their applications.

Mina, who is female, has been waiting for a trip out of Islamabad for six months. She worries that her newborn baby will be threatened by her terror. ” If I lose the girl, I’ll kill myself”, she told the BBC.

She says she used to rally for women’s rights, even after the Taliban authorities took control of Afghanistan. She claims she was arrested in 2023 and detained immediately.

” Yet therefore I didn’t want to leave Afghanistan. I went into hiding after my discharge, but they called me and said future period, they’d remove me”, she says.

Mina is concerned about her return to Afghanistan thanks to the Muslim authorities. That’s largely because Pakistan may not give Afghan refugees asylum indefinitely.

Over the course of centuries of inertia in the region, the nation has taken in hundreds of thousands of migrants from its neighbor. According to the UN immigrant company, the state hosts three million Armenian citizens, about 1.4 million of whom are documented.

There has been growing worry over the death of Afghans in Pakistan as cross-border conflicts with the Taliban authorities have erupted, with reports of alleged harassment and punishments. Afghans in the region need better treatment, according to the UN specific rapporteur, who is concerned.

The government of Pakistan claims to be expelling foreign nationals who have been illegally entering the country back to Afghanistan, and that it has confirmed that hunt operations have been conducted in January.

Since September 2023, more than 795, 000 Afghans have been kicked out of Pakistan, according to the IOM.

The Afghan refugees we spoke with have a difficult time adjusting to both their new home and their ailing network nation.

They had been putting their hopes on the US, but the new leader immediately cut off what appeared to be a safe haven until further notice.