It is a bad time for three Afghans who risked their lives to help the United States in the past two decades.

On June 2, It was announced This office with the restoration of rejections that helped America will close on July 1st.

The Ministry of Homeland Protection Safety in the last month formally ended Temporary protected status for around 10,000 Afghans who fled their country after the return of the Taliban in 2021. The protected status has to leave just six weeks and is located on July 14th. Because of the help they are provided.

Secretary of the home protection authority Kristi Noem specified That “Afghanistan has had improved security status and its stabilizing economy does not prevent a longing from returning to her home count.” However, only days later, the Foreign Ministry of Afghan citizens involved a new “travel ban” list, since the security situations and the threats from this country were covered by terrorism, whereby what no department had said contradicted.

Anyone who pays attention to Afganistan because the return of the Taliban knows that this is not safe. The country Has collapsed In an economic and humanitarian crisis. Al -Qaida has restored its possession, the operation of training camps and Saffe houses across the country. After To a recent UN reportAfghanistan is today a “permit environment” for the al -Qaida consolidation. In the meantime, the Afghan branch of the so -called Islamic state was naver naver.

Girls cannot attend school beyond the sixth class. Women cannot work or even leave their houses with the permission of a male relative. Ethnic and religious minorities are still pursued. The Taliban are hunting Afghans who worked with the USA and their allies – often with fatal consequences. The claim that Afghanistan is now “safe” is wrong.

This problem is difficult for the Trump administration. In February 2020, President Trump made a contract with the Taliban, who planted the seed for the withdrawal of the US forces by May 2021.

When President Joe Biden took office in 2021, he had the opportunity to cancel the deal, but he didn’t. Most US troops and allied troops had gone by July. On August 15, the Taliban Kabul confiscated. Until September. 11, 2021 – the 20th anniversary of September 11th – they controlled more Afghanistan than on this tragic day in 2001.

In the chaotic retreat, the United States left an estimated 7 billion US dollars of military equipment – Most of them are now in Taliban hands or circulate on the regional black market.

But the larger costs were Maoral: the task of tenth parts of Afghans, which served the uses -related armed forces from Emerside. Many of these men and women risked their lives for users as interpreters, engineers, doctors and contractors. For them, the return of the Taliban is not just a change of government – it is death.

In view of the chaos that the bidges have approved on the American southern border, it could be an attempt to fold the problem of Afghan resettlement into the wider immigration debate. But this approach would be both lazy and strategically short -sighted. Afghanistan and the wider regions of Central and South Asia will be of central importance for the US counter and foreign policy for the foreseeable future, and otherwise it is navig.

There are four clear strategic reasons why it is not only, but only smart to help Afghans help with supporting assistants.

First, the honor of our engagement for Afghan partners sends a strong message to future allies. In all modern conflicts, the American armed forces have rely on local partners for the support on site. This pattern continues almost solemnly. If local partners believe that the United States will not protect you when the fight ends, you will end to take this risk, which will weaken America’s global reach and credibility.

Second, Afghan allies in the US representative of a critical talent pool. Many are trained linguists and cultural expectations. They prompted the US missions in Afghan and filled that nobody else could. But in November 2023 the defense language institute ceased the lessons PashtoOne of the national languages ​​in Afghanistan. If the USA Passto spokesman or regional experts need, the Afghan American community will be unfriendly.

Third, these Afghans help a post-taliban Afghanistan. After 2001, Afghan American diaspora was the key to reconstruction of the country. The current Taliban regime is broken and it is unlikely to keep control of an indefinite period. Refugees for educated, professionally traveled Afghan are now the capacity of the United States and supports future stabilization efforts.

Fourth, Afghan immigrants offer indirect humanitarian aid through transfers. In 2019, Transfers 4.4 percent of Afghanistan GDP. Since the end of 2021, the US Ministry of Finance has allowed Afghans to send money here without sans. These transfers reduce the burden of American taxpayers and support Afghan families in crisis.

In addition to these strategic advantages, there is the moral argument. The right of those with Americans are a matter of national honor. The way a nation tests its allies – when it is vulnerable – say everything its values ​​are. These Afghans risked everything for us. Leaving them is a betrayal.

Trump started the retreat. Biden ended it. Now Trump has a rare second channel to do the right thing. His administration can correct a serious moral and strategic failure by reciting the temporary protected status of the decision for Afghan citizens and obliges protection.

Instead of forcing them to leave, weighing the visit and the safe move for Afghan allies. This is not about compassion – it is about keeping our word, protecting our interests and preparing for the future.

Luke Coffey is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.