Pakistan, Jan. 28 -- After the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2021, approximately 25,000 Afghan nationals who had worked with NATO, fled Afghanistan fearing their lives. Pakistan allowed these individuals a temporary stay upon the Biden administration's assurance of resettling the refugees in the US through programs like the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) and the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).

However, the newly elected President, Donald Trump, has suspended the refugee program, leaving the Afghan individuals stranded in Pakistan. The decision has also left Pakistan in limbo as the new US administration is not likely to show any flexibility in this case while Pakistan is also not in a position to host these refugees ...