31 January 2025

Written by Fato Betisi and Florion Goga

Schengejin (Albania) (Reuters) – Ali Amini was just a few days after a new life began in the United States when President Donald Trump arrested the aid designated for the resettlement of Afghan refugees last week, a step that Amini fears that he might endanger his life if he had to return to His homeland. .

After completing the procedures in Albania, a trip was seized on Tuesday and his bags were packaged when Trump suspended the necessary government aid to transport tens of thousands of Afghans who obtained entry visas.

“I do not know whether we will go up on that plane, and if so, will you go to Kabul or the United States,” said Amini from the coastal city of Shingin in northern Albania, where he lives with 300 of his citizens. .

Sean van Davir, president of the #AFGHANEVAC coalition, which includes American old warriors and human rights groups, told Reuters on Saturday that Trump's suspension from foreign aid led to the suspension of flights to more than 40,000 Afghan, approved to obtain special American visas and at risk of Taliban's revenge.

Amani arrived in Albania more than a month ago and he got entry visas to the capital, Tirana, for his wife and three children, the youngest of them is six months old.

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

Upon hearing the news from Trump, Amini's wife was affected by crying while their children became concerned about the future.

After Amini worked as a locking maker of the American forces before they withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, he lived in hiding for three years for fear of the Taliban's revenge.

“If we go back, they will kill us because for the basic American students and their first enemies, we worked alongside the Americans,” he added.

The last plane

Vandever said that most of the affected by Trump's decision were stranded in Afghanistan, with others in Pakistan, Qatar and Albania.

The matter also prompted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to suspend the financing of groups that help Afghans carrying special immigration visas (SIVS) to find housing, schools and jobs in the United States.

Nearly 200,000 Afghan in the United States has been resettled using private immigration programs or as refugees since 2021. The Trump -Rispe Campaign campaign included in 2024 a promise to strict immigration policies.

In Shingin, children play football and write their names on the sand on the beach, while their parents inspect their phones impatient to get the news. Among the whispers is the name Trump.

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

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

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

The reports of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan indicate that the Taliban has arrested, tortured, and killed former US -backed government officials. The Taliban issued a general pardon for the former soldiers and government officials, but it denied these accusations.

© Reuters. Afghan immigrants enjoy the sea in the hope of going to the United States, in the coastal city

Sadat explained: “We cannot return to Afghanistan, because for the Taliban we are already in America and we will be treated as spies,” Sadat explained.

Another Afghan said, “Mr. Trump, do not send us to the butchers in Kabul.”

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