'U.S. let go of my hand that it had extended to help': Afghan refugees on promises broken under Trump
On Point | Podcast
WBUR
4.2 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The immigration status of Afghans who helped the U.S. government is in jeopardy under the latest Trump crackdowns. How that impacts Afghan refugees and their families already in the U.S. and those stuck abroad.
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| 0:46.2 | We have a warning now. |
| 0:50.8 | What you're about to hear is quite graphic and violent, so take caution. |
| 0:59.8 | Taba Nawabi remembers being in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 16th, 2021, like it was yesterday. |
| 1:10.0 | It's been four years, but whenever I began to tell the tale, I can feel that day. |
| 1:14.2 | I just get the feeling that it's still happening to me. I can feel everything that I felt on that day. |
| 1:19.7 | It was horrific. |
| 1:21.2 | No one should experience that. |
| 1:24.2 | The previous day, the Taliban toppled the Afghan government and regained control of the entire country. |
| 1:32.1 | We were all together sitting in our house, minding our own business, when suddenly our door was knocked. |
| 1:39.7 | When we opened the door, they hit the person that opened the door. |
| 1:45.0 | They separated to women in one room, men and other, and started torturing us. |
| 1:50.0 | Taba and her family were targeted because for years, they worked with the U.S. government |
| 1:56.0 | during its two decades-long war in Afghanistan. |
| 2:00.0 | Taba worked at an NGO that her father started in 2006. |
| 2:04.8 | It focused on women's issues and was mostly funded by the U.S. |
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