Trump freezes Afghan visa holders in Albania by Reuters

Written by Fato Betisi and Floron Goga

Schengejin, Albania (Reuters) – Ali Amini was just a few days after the start of a new life in the United States when President Donald Trump stopped assistance to resettle Afghan refugees last week, a step that Amini could expose to her danger if she was forced to go home.

After the treatment in Albania, he had a journey that was booked on Tuesday and his bags were packed when Trump suspended government aid to transport tens of thousands of Afghans who had visas.

“I do not know whether we will reach that plane, and if so, if it would go to Kabul or the United States,” said Amini from Schengejin, a coastal town in northern Albania where he had 300 citizens. .

Shun Vandever, head of the #AFGHANEVAC Alliance of Old Warriors and Da`wah Groups, Reuters on Saturday, said Sean Vandever, president of the #AFGHANEVAC Alliance for Old Warriors and Dawa Groups in Taliban, on Saturday that Trump stopped on foreign aid led to the suspension of flights to more than 40,000 Afghans are based on special American visas and at risk of consecutive Taliban.

Amani arrived in Albania more than a month ago and obtained visas in Tirana, the capital, for his wife and three -year -old children.

After the American chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, thousands who worked in the American army or other organizations in Albania were treated and gave visas before traveling to the United States.

Upon hearing the news from Trump, Amini’s wife was transferred to crying while their children became concerned about the future.

After working as a locking forces for the American forces before they withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, my illiteracy lived in hiding for a period of three years for fear of revenge on the Taliban.

“If we go back, they will kill us because, for the Taliban, we are essentially Americans and their number one, as we worked with the Americans with the Americans.”

The last plane

Vandever said that most of Trump’s decision were cut off in Afghanistan, with others in Pakistan, Qatar and Albania.

The matter also prompted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to suspend financing of groups that help Afghans in SEVS visas to find housing, schools and jobs in the United States

Nearly 200,000 Afghans have been resettled in the United States with SIVS or as refugees since 2021. The Trump re -election campaign included a promise to strict immigration policies.

In Schengejin, children play football and write their names in the sand on the beach, while their parents examine the phones anxiously to get the news. Between the whispers, the name Trump was mentioned.

Sadat, 27, arrived on Thursday after traveling from Kabul to Dubai, then Kuwait, Istanbul, and finally Tirana, with a group of about 130 people.

“My friends in Kabul told me that I am lucky, because this may have been the last plane with people like us,” Sadat said, noting that he was informed on Saturday of a visa interview scheduled the following week.

Sadat added: “Things change every hour, and waiting until next week seems to be a lifetime. I am very worried,” Sadat added.

The United Nations Mission reports in Afghanistan indicate that the Taliban had detained, tortured, and killed former soldiers and officials of the previous US -backed government. The Taliban issued the General Amnesty Organization of the former forces and government officials, but it denies these allegations.

“We cannot return to Afghanistan because, for the Taliban, we are already in America and we will deal with spies,” Sadat explained.

“Mr. Trump, does not send us to the butchers in Kabul,” he defended another Afghans, ending his visa within two weeks.