Deported Afghans face bleak future under Taliban rule

Deported Afghans face bleak future under Taliban rule

As the Pakistani government has removed 300,000 Afghans from its borders since Jan. 1, U.S. allies are increasingly among those being returned to their homeland. This week, two U.S. nonprofits reported that six Afghans in U.S. processing pipelines were deported in a single 24-hour period. Since the fall of the Afghan government in August 2021, Long Island volunteer Meredith Festa has assisted 169 U.S. Refugee Admissions Program applicants whose …