'There was not a strategy. There was no plan. There was nothing.”
In the largest community of Afghan refugees in America, anger and frustration is boiling over about the U.S. withdrawal and a return to Taliban rule.
“They’re calling in 24 hours: What’s going on? What they should do? And especially mostly they are calling [for] how they can bring their family members to the United States,” Popal said. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., whose district includes part of Fremont, has acknowledged the anger and dismay being expressed by Bay Area residents of Afghan descent. Popal confirmed that communication between U.S. officials and the Afghan community had been almost nonexistent in recent days.
Immigrants from Afghanistan have come in four waves, Popal said: following the Soviet invasion, during the civil war of the 1990s, when the Taliban captured Kabul in 1996 and this year's expansion of the SIV program.
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