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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 For some Afghans who were evacuated as their country fell to the Taliban<\/a> last summer, the journey to the United States has stalled, and perhaps ended, at a sun-baked cluster of tents and temporary housing on an American base in the Balkans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While more than 78,000 Afghans have arrived in the U.S. for resettlement since August<\/a>, the future for those who have been flagged for additional security vetting and diverted to Camp Bondsteel, in the small nation of Kosovo, remains up in the air. The U.S. won\u2019t force the dozens there to return to Afghanistan, where they could face reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their frustration is growing. Some Afghans at the base, which has been shrouded in secrecy,<\/a> took the unusual step this week of staging a protest, holding up signs with messages such as \u201cwe want justice,\u201d according to photos sent to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey just keep repeating the same things, that it takes time and we must be patient,\u201d one of the Afghans, Muhammad Arif Sarwari, said in a text message from the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their complaints open a window into an aspect of the evacuation and resettlement of Afghans that has gotten little attention because U.S. authorities, and the government of Kosovo, have been reluctant to say much about the people sent to Bondsteel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This image provided by Muhammad Arif Sarwari, shows a sign on a tent during a protest at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. The camp is used to house people who have not been allowed to enter the U.S. because of security concerns after they fled from Afghanistan. Some of the Afghans have been waiting for months at the base while authorities try to resolve their fate, which officials say may involve sending them to another country for resettlement. (Muhammad Arif Sarwari via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The base houses a mix of adults and children, because some of the people who have so far failed to get a visa to the U.S. are traveling with family. Sarwari, a former senior intelligence official with the Afghan government, said there are about 45 people there, representing about 20 or so individual visa cases, after a flight to the U.S. left with 27 of the refugees on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biden administration won\u2019t provide details, but acknowledges that some of the evacuees did not make it through what it calls a \u201ca multi-layered, rigorous screening and vetting process\u201d and won\u2019t be permitted to enter the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the vast majority of Afghan evacuees have been cleared through this process, the small number of individuals who have been denied are examples of the system working exactly as it should,\u201d said Sean Savett, a spokesman for the National Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all, about 600 Afghans have passed through Bondsteel, according to the government of Kosovo, which initially authorized use of the base for evacuees for a year but recently agreed to extend that until August 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kosovo, which gained independence from Serbia in 2008 with U.S. support, has also provided little information about the Afghans at Bondsteel, citing the privacy of the refugees. Prime Minister Albin Kurti said in a statement that the government is proud of its role providing temporary shelter to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afghans are housed in a section of Bondsteel called Camp Liya, named for an Afghan child handed to the U.S. Marines over a fence at the Hamid Karzai International Airport during the evacuation, according to a U.S. military publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the chaotic nature of that evacuation<\/a> that led to the need for an overseas facility in the first place. As the Afghan government collapsed, thousands of people made it onto military transport planes with minimal screening before they arrived at one of several overseas transit points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This image provided by Muhammad Arif Sarwari, shows a sign on a building during a protest at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. The camp is used to house people who have not been allowed to enter the U.S. because of security concerns after they fled from Afghanistan. Some of the Afghans have been waiting for months at the base while authorities try to resolve their fate, which officials say may involve sending them to another country for resettlement. (Muhammad Arif Sarwari via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The people sent to Bondsteel were stopped and diverted for a host of reasons, including missing or flawed documents or security concerns that emerged during overseas vetting by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, officials have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, some in Congress have criticized the administration<\/a> for what they say has been inadequate vetting of Afghan refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarwari made it to Kuwait from Afghanistan in early September with his wife and two of his daughters and says he doesn\u2019t know why he\u2019s been held up. He was a prominent figure in Afghanistan, serving as the former director of intelligence after the U.S. invasion in 2001. Before that, he was a top official with the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both positions would make him a target of the Taliban if he were to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe vetting team keeps telling us sorry, Washington is just deciding some political issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarwari has applied for a special immigrant visa, which is issued to people who worked for the U.S. government or its allies during the war. He has not received a response, according to his lawyer, Julie Sirrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn theory, he is free to leave but it\u2019s not clear where he could go,\u201d Sirrs said. \u201cHe obviously cannot return to Afghanistan. He\u2019s clearly in danger if he returns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He and others live a circumscribed existence on Bondsteel. Although technically not detained, they cannot leave the arid, rocky base and have spent months in tents, which were adorned with handwritten signs during this week\u2019s protest. One said \u201cunfair decision,\u201d while another said \u201cchildren are suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biden administration says authorities have determined that some \u2014 it won\u2019t say how many \u2014 simply cannot be allowed to enter the U.S. It is working to find other countries that don\u2019t harbor the same security concerns and are willing to accept them for resettlement. No one will be forcibly returned to Afghanistan, the NSC spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press writer Llazar Semini contributed from Tirana, Albania.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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