US pauses Afghan deportations amid Taliban death-sentence fears

The Trump administration appears to have paused imminent deportation of dozens of Afghans, reversing an earlier plan that advocates and lawmakers warned would be a death sentence under Taliban rule. The reversal follows intense congressional and advocacy pressure, but the pause is described as fragile and the policy remains in flux. This signals potential volatility in US asylum and refugee policy affecting Afghan nationals.

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