Author: Beth Bailey Washington Examiner

Despite Defense Department statements, concerning images of Afghans remain online. In early July, the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service began to release photos featuring the faces and names of Afghan allies and citizens interacting with U.S. service members. Following my report on the disastrous oversight, the Pentagon claimed it had addressed the error. A Defense Department spokesperson…

As the Pakistani government has removed 300,000 Afghans from its borders since Jan. 1, U.S. allies are increasingly among those being returned to their homeland. This week, two U.S. nonprofits reported that six Afghans in U.S. processing pipelines were deported in a single 24-hour period. Since the fall of the Afghan government in August 2021,…

On July 15, the Daily Mail reported on a data leak from the United Kingdom that forced the British Ministry of Defense to carry out a 23-month cover-up of a £6 billion, or $8.1 billion, “smuggling” operation to bring tens of thousands of Afghans into the country. In February 2022, a British soldier sent a…

The Department of Homeland Security announced the end of Temporary Protected Status for Afghans in May, assessing that “improved security,” a “stabilizing economy,” and increased tourism demonstrated Afghans could safely return to their homeland. Hours after TPS was removed for about 11,700 Afghans on July 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit…

Nearly four years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, America’s Afghan allies remain in limbo due to a combination of bureaucratic dawdling under the Biden administration and rapid-fire changes in policy under President Donald Trump. Among the thousands of Afghans feeling the effects of changes stateside are those who entered the country via the CBP…

On June 12, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicant Sayed Naser was arrested by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials outside an immigration courtroom in San Diego. Before Naser’s arrest, government officials motioned to dismiss his asylum case. Naser’s arrival in the United States came on the heels of years of fear and uncertainty following the…