Friday, April 25, 2025

We're Breaking Our Promises: Afghans Who Helped US deported?

Afghans who fled the Taliban, including some who helped the U.S. military during America's 20-year war there, are facing the risk of deportation as the Trump administration moves to end legal protections for them.

Posted by lamplighter at 08:25 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink

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... "We're breaking our promises," said Zia Ghafoori, a former Afghan interpreter who worked with Army Special Forces before coming to the U.S. in 2014 and now runs a nonprofit that aids other former interpreters. "We promised these people that if you stood with me, we will stand with you. But where are those promises today?" ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-25 08:26 PM

This is one aspect I think of when I mention the longer-term consequences of the transactional things Pres Trump does for short-term positive media time.

Pres Trump seems to be abdicating a promise made by US troops to the Afghan civilians who assisted them.

How might this apparent abdication affect the willingness of others to help the US troops in the future, when they see that they may just be tossed out like a bag of trash?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-25 08:31 PM

How are these people undesirable to our national interests?

This administration actively harms the national interests with every single executive order.

#3 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-26 12:53 PM

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