Khaama, 12 April 2025
The dumping of Afghans – considered allies for two decades – by the Trump administration continues: US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem found the conditions in Afghanistan no longer merited US protections, according to a statement from DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin. The Khaama report says:
Shawn VanDiver, President of AfghanEvac, an organization that supports the resettlement of Afghan citizens in the U.S., announced on Friday, April 11, via a post on X that this “warning” had been issued (…) in writing to an unspecified number of Afghan refugees who arrived in the U.S. in recent years, particularly after the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
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This decision follows the suspension of the refugee resettlement program under former President Donald Trump in January 2025, which led to around 1,660 Afghan refugees who had been approved for resettlement being removed from the flight lists.
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Human rights organizations and some members of Congress have also condemned this move. The Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement calling the decision a “betrayal of Afghan allies” and labeled it “shameful.”
See also this BBC report.
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This article was last updated on 12 Apr 2025
