Afghan refugees are appealing to Pakistan’s premier to ease a visa regime on humanitarian grounds after President Donald Trump paused the U.S. refugee programs, panicking thousands of Afghans who said

An executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend refugee admissions has magnified the fears of one Afghan American soldier who has long been worried about the fate of his sister in Kabul.

"It's like the United States doesn't actually understand what I did for this country, it's a betrayal," Abdullah tells the BBC.He fled Afghanistan with his parents amid the US withdrawal in August 2021 and is now a paratrooper for the US military.

Thousands of refugees already cleared by the American government to resettle in the US have had their flights canceled as the Trump administration suspends refugee programs. That number includes almost 1,

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order suspending refugee arrivals in the United States takes effect Jan. 27. VOA Pakistan Bureau Chief Sarah Zaman reports from Islamabad that Afghan refugees awaiting resettlement in the U.