Afghan man who served alongside US forces dies after less than a day in ICE custody, family and advocates say

An Afghan man who served alongside US special forces and fled his native country after its takeover by the Taliban died over the weekend shortly after being detained by immigration authorities, according to his family and an advocacy group.
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Afghans in the US abandon hope of bringing over their families - now the priority is to avoid deportation

Afghan families across the US are increasingly turning to lawyers and community advocates as fears of detention and deportation grow, after sweeping immigration restrictions imposed last November. Advocates say Afghans have abandoned plans to bring their ...
Stars and Stripes

Closure in works at Qatar camp whose Afghan evacuees include dozens of US forces’ kin

The United States is shuttering its Afghan resettlement operation in Qatar and plans to relocate the hundreds of evacuees there who are awaiting transfer to the U.S., according to the State Department. More than 150 immediate family members of U.S ...
Reuters

US pays Afghans stranded in Qatar to repatriate, plan labeled 'betrayal'

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has begun paying Afghans to repatriate as it attempts to close a camp in Qatar where they have been stranded for years, the top State Department official for South and Central Asia told lawmakers on ...
Hartford Courant

A CT woman helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Why her life here has turned to fear.

Afghan refugees, like all refugees, are those who are “persecuted or who (have) a well-founded fear of persecution” in their home countries. But many Afghan refugees are subject to persecution for their service to the United States. Those people ...