When Walid Aziz watched Kabul fall to the Taliban last August from his home in California, his first thought was for his father back in Afghanistan. As a prominent member of the US-backed government, the 57-year-old could be targeted for retaliation, Aziz worried. Soon after they swept into the city, members of the Taliban came to his family’s home and the local mosque, inquiring about his father’s whereabouts, he said.On September 24, Aziz placed his hopes in a programme called humanitarian parole, which allows Afghans to come to the United States without a visa for “urgent humanitarian or significant public benefit” reasons. They can then work through various immigration pathways, which can take years to complete, from the safety of the US.
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