Afghan families still hopeful for promised end to their ordeal

IN a small house on the outskirts of the twin cities, three Afghan families gathered in a room decorated with traditional floor seating to share their ordeal in the wake of a crackdown launched by the authorities to expel all refugees from Islamabad and Rawalpindi by March 31.

They arrived in Pakistan for their resettlement in the US after the fall of Kabul in 2021. For the past two decades, they had worked alongside the US making them eligible for Priority 1 and Priority 2 visas.

However...