Afghans hiding in UAE after aiding U.S. military face forced return to Taliban. Can Trump save them?
World,Middle East,Afghanistan,Taliban,United States,US Military,United Arab Emirates
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In a stunning shift, officials in the United Arab Emirates who have given refuge to Afghan allies of the United States for more than four years appear to have made a deal to turn them over to the Taliban.
President Donald Trump now has in his hands the fate of these Afghans, who were stranded and abandoned by President Joe Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
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