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Brian Osgood

‘Feeling of betrayal’: Afghans await US response on parole

Immigration advocates say the administration of Joe Biden has left tens of thousands of Afghan applicants in limbo as conditions in Afghanistan become increasingly perilous [File: Barbara Davidson/Pool via Reuters]

San Francisco, California, United States – When Walid Aziz watched Kabul fall to the Taliban last August from his home in California, his first thought was for his father back in Afghanistan. 

As a prominent member of the US-backed government, the 57-year-old could be targeted for retaliation, Aziz worried. Soon after they swept into the city, members of the Taliban came to his family’s home and the local mosque, inquiring about his father’s whereabouts, he said.

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