Trump order strands Afghan refugees who helped the U.S. military

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🗓️ 24 January 2025

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Thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. military during the war in Afghanistan are stranded after President Trump suspended the refugee admissions program. Shawn VanDiver, president of #AfghanEvac, joins us. And, a new article from The Atlantic found that communicating via text is harder for men. The article's author, Matthew Schnipper, explains the social implications. Then, many rural Italian towns are offering properties for 1 euro in an effort to revitalize their communities. Rubia Andrade Daniels bought three of them in 2019. Spoiler alert: they were all fixer-uppers.

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0:16.0	I just can't imagine what it would feel like to have a commitment from the United States and have it always be just out of reach.
0:23.6	America is leaving behind refugees who helped the U.S. fight its war in Afghanistan.
0:29.9	It's Friday, January 24th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.
0:35.4	I'm Chris Bentley.
0:41.1	Today. I'm from NPR and WBOR. I'm Chris Bentley. Today on the show, fellas, is it lame to have friends?
0:46.5	A lot of young men are struggling to communicate in this modern era, and texting is part of the problem.
0:54.7	It really made me feel empathetic to people as opposed to feeling like, oh, like, we put these
1:00.5	devices in people's hands and they're, you know, they're exploding their own social
1:04.1	lives. I think we put these devices in people's hands and we didn't tell them how to use
1:07.5	them. Also, imagine having your own villa in Italy, living the dream, right?
1:14.4	Well, there are towns where you can get a house for just one euro. It sounds like a great deal,
1:20.0	until you consider why the properties are so cheap. The houses were fully collapsed. You pretty
1:27.2	much get the house for the symbolic amount for one euro, so the house is pretty much free.
1:32.9	It's free real estate.
1:35.4	But first, this week, President Trump suspended the U.S. refugee admissions program.
1:42.3	That move stranded thousands of people who helped the American military
1:46.5	in the Afghanistan War. Some spent years being vetted and approved for resettlement in the
1:53.1	U.S. only to find out this week that their flights had been canceled and their applications
1:58.0	suspended. Many of those people are fleeing retaliation by the Taliban and other groups.
2:04.9	Sean Van Diver has been trying to get the word out about this.
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