“I am sick and disgusted my friend is going home for a visit.” This was a message sent to me by an American acquaintance who has been involved since 2018 in helping SIVs and other Afghan citizens evacuate from Afghanistan based on their claims of specific threats to their lives. Believing that those she had helped were fleeing for their lives, she was confused and dismayed when she found out that some of the Afghans she had helped to escape were returning to Afghanistan to visit their family and friends.
The phrases “fleeing for their lives” and “going back to Afghanistan for a visit” seem paradoxical. It is difficult to imagine someone who is fleeing for their life choosing to return to the country where they or were in danger, especially now that the people they claimed were trying to kill them are in control of the government there. However, there are several possible explanations for why someone might do this.
One possibility is that the person’s perception of the security situation in Afghanistan has changed. They may have initially believed that they were in danger, but they may now believe that the situation is more stable. Another possibility is that the person has family or friends in Afghanistan who they want to be with. They may feel a strong sense of obligation to return to Afghanistan and help their loved ones.
It is also possible that the person has simply missed their home country and wants to go back. This is especially likely if the person has been living in the United States for a long time. They may feel a sense of nostalgia for their homeland and want to reconnect with their culture and heritage.
Since 2006, the United States has spent billions of dollars on security background checks and resettlement to relocate Afghan SIVs and their families to the United States. As part of the SIV approval process, each applicant provided a letter to the State Department explaining that they had received specific and credible threats to their safety made by the Taliban or other insurgent groups due to their employment by the United States government in Afghanistan. However, many Afghans who relocated to the United States through the SIV program have made return visits to Afghanistan, in some cases only months after relocation. These return visits have continued even as the Taliban maintains control over the government.
Kauser News Agency’s Travel Reporter in Kabul was able to verify that in November 2021 alone, more than a hundred Afghan SIV Green Card holders and naturalized American citizens passed through customs at Kabul International Airport.
Kauser News intelligence resources inside Taliban Intelligence said: 75%of Afghan SIV clime that their lives are in danger were true just the make happen to they are Dream of going to the United States of America.
Since the U.S. withdrawal and Taliban takeover in 2021, more than 120,000 Afghan citizens have evacuated to the United States, an effort that was funded and administered by the U.S. government, non-profit organizations, and private donations. Some of those returning to Afghanistan, including the friend referenced in the opening quote of this article, are a part of the recently evacuated.
Kauser News interviewed an Afghan evacuee who was a National Defense Security officer of the former Afghan government. He said that all evacuees are waiting for the passage of the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would grant them permanent residency status in the U.S. He believes that if this happens, the majority of them will travel to Afghanistan soon after receiving green cards.
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