President Donald Trump&& 's foreign aid pause has actually forced a suspension of flights for more than 40,000 Afghans approved for special United States visas, a leading supporter and a United States authorities stated on Saturday.Most of those stranded are in Afghanistan and the rest are in Pakistan, Qatar and Albania, stated Shawn VanDiver, head of #AfghanEvac, the primary union of veterans and advocacy groups dealing with the United States government to evacuate and transplant Afghans who worked for the United States during the 20-year war, Reuters reported.The stoppage was set off by Trump&& 's order to stop foreign development help for 90 days pending an evaluation of efficiencies and consistency with his && America First & foreign policy.Experts and advocacy groups say the foreign aid time out has caused chaos in United States and international help operations and stopped nutrition, health, vaccination and other programs.The order also triggered a suspension by the State Department of funds for groups that assist Afghans with Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) to discover real estate, schools and jobs in the United States Trump promised a migration crackdown during his triumphant 2024 reelection campaign.VanDiver said he does not think that the flight suspension was intentional.&& We believe it was an error,& & he said.He said he hoped the administration would grant exemptions to the orders for Afghans authorized for SIVs because they worked for the United States government during the war that ended in the final United States troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.&& They combated along with us.
They bled along with us,& & said VanDiver, who included that 10s of countless other Afghans are waiting on SIV applications to be processed, Reuters reported.The White House and State Department did not immediately respond to ask for comment.Nearly 200,000 Afghans have been resettled in the United States on SIVs or as refugees considering that the chaotic 2021 United States withdrawal.In a separate executive order that he signed hours after his inauguration on Monday, Trump suspended all United States refugee resettlement programs.That order led to numerous Afghan refugees losing their seats on flights, consisting of relative of active-duty Afghan American military workers, former Afghan soldiers and unaccompanied children.The post Flights stopped for Afghans authorized for unique United States visas first appeared on Ariana News.