It's a history detailed in his 2015 application for asylum in the United States. "I just wanted to be alive, and I don't want to be a problem to my parents or anyone else," he said, describing why he had stayed in the United States. Since he was already in the United States and feared returning home, he and his attorney filed for asylum rather than a Special Immigrant Visa. The following year, he was targeted by Taliban forces with a rocket-propelled grenade while he and some co-workers were traveling in a passenger bus. When the Taliban learned he was in the United States, they sent another threatening letter to his father.

Source: CNN July 07, 2021 01:07 UTC