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Thousands of Afghans working directly for the US government in Afghanistan have been cut off from critical resources and have faced a lot of uncertainty on whether they stop foreign aid to Trump Whether or not the administration will be able to go to the United States and provide assistance in the Federal Fund, according to several sources.
Last week, the Trump administration stopped refugee flights around the world, almost all foreign aid frozen, and cut off aid to newcomers to newcomers in the United States.
These measures have immediately reacted to thousands of Afghans who served with the US military.
Sources told CNN that for those who are now in organs in third countries like Qatar, frozen means that they have eliminated access to services and even access to goods such as diapers and toilets that the US government Had financed.
He added that the frozen of foreign aid has a direct impact on the capacity of those Afghans who obtained special immigrant visas (SIV) to travel to the United States, including translators who for the US military Work, those who were on American bases or compounds, among others. Although some can play their way for the United States, other rely on flights paid by US aid that is now frozen.
Others who worked with the United States and qualified for other types of refugees. The administration’s actions were also affected.
Currently there are about 3,000 in Qatar and 500 in Albania that are looking forward to the US, according to the Anna Lloyd of a volunteer group Task Force Origo, a volunteer group that works to move weak Afghans Is
He told CNN, “This frozen has significantly hurt them not only for further migration and resettlement to the United States, but also for a break in providing basic requirements in Doha.”
Foreign aid frozen suddenly stopped services-including mental health services, education for children, sewing or music classes, and even the distribution of things like diaper and toilets.
“We are only eligible to provide life -long services,” said an American official. It is unclear at this point that emergency medical services have been created.
So far for those living in Afghanistan, the effects of frozen can mean that they are at a great risk to retaliation with the Taliban government.
Lloyd explained that Afghans, who were told they were on future flights, were probably “sold” everything and left their homes waiting for their flights.
“And now the flights are stopped and what to come back to them? Where do they return? If they return to their village, they will be identified as someone who did not make it on a US flight.
The threat to Afghan allies living in the country is the same as the National Security Advisor Mike Walts pressed while he was serving as a lawmaker. In 2022, Waltz said the Biden administration “abandoned” Afghan allies and called for officials “to be accountable for thousands of allies, which we abandoned and promised security to protect them.”
Meanwhile, organizations have created a riot to deal with the impact of aid suspension, and a separate memo that has already stopped indefinitely for refugees in the United States.
“We have these immigrants legally, who no longer have services, they are trapped in hotels. They brought a bag on their backs with a shipment of household goods. Lloyd told CNN that he came here because of the honorable and loyal services given to the United States.
Task Force Argo and #AFGHNEC, who have been working to bring Afghan allies to security since the end of the war in Afghanistan in 2021, Task Force Argo and #AFHNE Wake Several organizations have called on the administration to exempt Afghan allies from freezing in services.
According to two sources, within the administration, talks are also underway, if anything, it can be done to prepare the Afghans who helped the United States abroad. The US official told CNN it was unclear if the effects of SIV recipients were an unannounced result of the cable.
“If this is not on purpose, it should not be out of the realm of possibilities for exemption,” the official said. “If they refuse to leave, then it was unintentional or not, now it is on purpose.”
According to #Afghanevac, the expected 40,000 SIV recipients are expected to affect the effects.
This is an impact on SIV recipients, in addition to the already affected group of refugees around the world, who have canceled flights after the Trump administration suspended refugee entry program.
Although SIV recipients have to prove that they worked directly for the US government, many who helped the United States are not eligible for SIV and instead of the refugees through the United States Will come The group of affected people includes families of about 200 US services.
According to the State Department, an SIV -eligible ANA, someone has to prove that they provided at least one year by the US government or “loyal and valuable services”, in a Documentation. Recommendation letter. For example, many Afghans who worked for the US military, for example, offer recommendations of recommendations by US military commanders for which they worked as they confirm their service.
Former Foreign Secretary Antony Blankin said in December that under the Biden administration, more than 180,000 Afghans were resettled after the collapse of the Afghan government and the withdrawal of the United States.
“We still have a lot to do.” “To do a lot for Afghans in our country, to do a lot for those who are still on the way.”
Trump administration officials have already said they support Afghan allies who helped the United States in Afghanistan during their two decades.
When asked about Afghan allies on Monday morning when the Pentagon arrived, the Secretary of Defense Pat Hegsit told reporters, “We stand with our allies.”
