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UpInArms

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1. Oof
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 04:31 AM
Thursday

That’s horrible. If true, that person may have recently learned that all of the refugees from Afghanistan have lost their ability to stay in the USA … and those who fought for the USA against the taliban are to be returned there (an impossible situation).

Here’s one of the horror stories about a Missouri Afghanistan family

https://thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025/11/21/afghan-asylum-seeker-taliban-ice-missouri/

Dadfar is among thousands of Afghans who assisted the U.S. military during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, the longest war in U.S. history.

The U.S. entered Afghanistan in retaliation after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Afghans helped as part of the Afghan military, as translators, drivers and intelligence operatives and helped with logistics and understanding the country’s culture.

Dadfar, his wife said, was a security officer with the Afghan military and moved around the country with U.S. troops.

Ultimately, the U.S. and allied efforts failed and the Taliban retook the capital of Kabul in 2021.

Dadfar was left behind in the highly criticized, chaotic final withdrawal of U.S. troops under the Biden administration.


The story goes on to detail how they are in danger if they are returned to Afghanistan

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