The Ongoing Betrayal of Our Afghan Allies

Five years ago this month, when the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan and Kabul fell to the Taliban, Sayed Sadat was out of the country earning his master’s degree at a university in Germany. Having worked with the American government as a lawyer in Afghanistan, Sadat believed it would be relatively easy for himself and his wife to apply for asylum in the United States. Despite beginning his application in 2021, he did not arrive in the U.S. until 2024. Because his wife was included in…