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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tiffany Stanley

Trump's funding freeze leaves US allied Afghan refugees struggling for the basics

The rent is due, but Rahmani has no money to pay it.

The Afghan father of two worked for a U.S.-backed organization in Kabul, which put him at risk of Taliban retribution. Now he is among thousands of newly arrived refugees who lost financial assistance when the Trump administration cut off funding for the federal refugee program in January.

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