Afghan woman, separated from family in US, pleads for help getting out
ABC News
An Afghan woman's family came to the US on her father's special immigrant visa, but having aged out of the program to qualify as a child, she's now pleading for help out.
"I'm in danger," the daughter cried to her father from thousands of miles away in Afghanistan.
"We cannot go outside with friends. Before, we were going outside to restaurants, shopping, but now we are like prisoners in our own home," she said, her voice full of fear, saying Taliban fighters might find her.
"Mina" (ABC News has changed her name for her protection and that of others), a university-educated and unmarried Afghan woman, separated from her family in the U.S., was pleading for help on a call with advocates trying to get her out.
With her father having worked for the U.S. volunteer service agency AmeriCorps in Afghanistan, and her immediate family living in New Jersey, Mina is in hiding, saying she fears her ties to the U.S. make her a target.