Key Takeaways
- The U.S. withdrawal in 2021 triggered a prolonged immigration backlog for Afghan allies.
- Promises made to Afghan nationals remain largely unfulfilled, causing widespread uncertainty.
- The Biden administration has faced criticism for not delivering on resettlement commitments.
Doha: Since the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, uncertainties faced by Afghans who had worked for the U.S. military have multiplied, Al Jazeera has reported.
The U.S. government previously promised that “Afghan nationals who work side by side with U.S. forces” would have a home in the United States.
But subsequent reports showed the Biden administration failed to deliver on that pledge, and the chaotic U.S. withdrawal left them with little hope for a future in their homeland.
Two years later, U.S. immigration applications remain severely backlogged, it said. An April report from the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, an independent U.S. government watchdog, stated that the United States “has left most of its allies behind.”
