Afghanistan is a US election issue. Will its refugees’ voices be heard?
Al Jazeera
On the third anniversary of the US troop withdrawal, advocates push US political candidates for legal pathways for Afghan refugees.
Washington, DC – Nasrin will not be able to vote in the United States elections in November.
Still, the 27-year-old has a message for the presidential candidates, on behalf of Afghans like herself who fled as the US withdrew its troops from Afghanistan in August 2021.
“I really want them to hear us, especially to hear those voices that worked for the US,” Nasrin, who asked to use a pseudonym, told Al Jazeera.
Friday marks three years since the last American soldiers left Afghanistan, ending a two-decade military presence that began with the toppling of the Taliban government in 2001.
But the chaotic nature of the military withdrawal — and the swift reestablishment of Taliban rule — have cast a long shadow over US politics.
