托业

Former Afghan interpreter says Taliban tortured him for weeks but U.S. still won't give him a visa_我的网站

一 |     As Massoud walked down a Kabul street one cold Sunday morning, looking for a day job to feed his family, pickup trucks full of armed Taliban members stopped in front of him. He told CBS News the men aimed their AK-47s at him, he was handcuffed, blindfolded and taken to an office of the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence.For more than a month, Massoud's family had no idea where he was. They searched everywhere, including hospitals, until they arrived at the Taliban's intelligence department. "After six weeks of searching, they found me at the Taliban's 040 intelligence department," Massoud told CBS News in a phone interview. He said during the first 15 days of his imprisonment, he was "beaten, struck with electric shock sticks, electrocuted, waterboarded and hanged upside down."

             

His crime? Massoud worked for the U.S. military as an interpreter from 2011 to 2013, including a year spent working with U.S. Navy SEALs. (CBS News is not using the real name of Massoud or the other former interpreter interviewed for this story to protect them from possible retaliation.)       

"Don't want to see that horror again" 

Massoud said that during interrogations, Taliban intelligence officers told him that, "with my help, the Americans have killed our people, and that I was still spying for the Americans.""I told them, 'You have announced a general amnesty,'" Massoud told CBS News, but he was informed by the Taliban interrogators, "there is no amnesty for you people."                 Massoud was finally released by the Taliban after more than three months of imprisonment, after his brothers signed two separate guarantees promising the Taliban they would bring him back to the intelligence agency if ever asked to do so. CBS News has seen the letters and other documents his family filed with Taliban officials while he was imprisoned."They can find me anytime they wish and put me back in the prison," he told CBS News. "I just don't want to see that horror again." 

"Still in danger"

U.S. Army Sgt. Jordan David Johnson, who has since been honorably discharged, was Massoud's direct supervisor in Helmand province and has written to members of the U.S. Congress supporting his former Afghan colleague's application for a U.S. visa, but to no avail. "Every time I hear from Massoud I feel guilty, because he is still in danger," Johnson told CBS News. "We told them that, 'You help us, and we will help you.' But now we are not, and that is wrong."

             

In a September 2022 letter to lawmakers, Johnson said he trusted Massoud then, "and I am proud to call him a friend today," adding that he did not believe the Afghan "poses a national security threat to the United States of America."                      

"They will come after me and my family"

Omar, 32, told CBS News that he worked with the U.S. military from 2008 until 2012 and was deployed alongside U.S. troops in eastern Paktia province. From 2012 until Afghanistan fell back into the Taliban's hands in August 2021, he worked on various projects with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. He was threatened many times for working with the U.S. and was injured in what he believes was an assassination attempt in 2014, after he filed for a U.S. visa. 

    

                                                     

    

Despite the threats, which he continued reporting to his supervisors at the embassy, Omar was informed that his U.S. Special Immigration Visa, or SIV, application had been rejected because documents he submitted previously had been deemed fraudulent. He believes it's because he failed a polygraph administered by U.S. officials eight years earlier, and that the process was unfair. "They intentionally make you a criminal," he told CBS News. "You are only allowed to answer their questions with yes and no, and they don't give you a chance to explain." Omar filed an appeal against the rejection of his application in mid-June and is waiting for a response. He urged the U.S. government to "seriously look into our cases and take us into safety," adding that if it doesn't happen, "they will come after me and my family one day."

"Absurd that it takes so long"

During the 20-year war that followed the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans served as interpreters and translators, working shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops and diplomats, risking their lives serving on the battlefield and communicating with locals.                       These interpreters were essential to bridge the language barrier, but also to provide cultural context, gather intelligence, negotiate with tribal elders and build trust with local communities. Massoud and Omar both applied for SIVs under a program created by the U.S. Congress in 2006 to offer legal pathways to the United States for Iraqis and Afghans who helped during the U.S. military operations in those countries. But the bureaucracy of the SIV application process has left many applicants frustrated, with little faith in the program.Massoud said his application was rejected due to a lack of documentation from his supervisors, despite Johnson trying to help. He said he submitted the requested documents and has waited for more than 320 days with no update from the U.S. government. "Every time Massoud submits all his documents and we think, 'now we are waiting for his visa to be approved,' then Massoud would contact me again saying, 'I need this and this document, because they keep changing the requirements,'" Johnson said. 

    

                                                     

    

"The SIV process is flawed and ridiculous and absurd that it takes so long. These interpreters, their lives are in danger," the former U.S. soldier told CBS News. "We don't do enough for them, and it's very frustrating."

The backlog, and work to improve a "vital program"

"We have surged resources to this vital program, significantly increasing the number of staff dedicated to it. We have reviewed every stage of the multiple step application process to streamline it wherever possible, consistent with U.S. law, and continue to look for areas to improve," a State Department spokesperson told CBS News.The official said the steps had enabled the State Department to issue "nearly 34,000 SIVs to principal applicants and their eligible family members" from the beginning of the Biden administration until August 1, 2023.                      As of the end of March, State Department figures show about 9,800 principal SIV applicants had cleared a major hurdle in the process, securing Chief Of Mission (COM) approval. Those individuals are "awaiting further processing and their eventual visa interview before being issued an SIV," the spokesperson said, adding: "We are working to process these cases as quickly as possible."The State Department's figures show that another 69,000 principal applicants were undergoing the review process, and the spokesperson told CBS News that, historically, about half of the applications who reach that stage of the process do not end up qualifying for an SIV.According to the figures, 3,241 Afghan applicants were "deemed unqualified to receive COM approval or had the approval revoked during the second quarter" of 2023."The Department will continue to ensure Afghan SIV applications are processed as quickly as possible in accordance with the statutorily required program parameters and national security requirements," the spokesman told CBS News. A report issued this week by a State Department inspector general said, meanwhile, that according to the department's own estimation, as of April 2023, a total of "more than 840,000 principal and derivative SIV applicants remained in Afghanistan."CBS News' Tucker Reals and Paulina Smolinski contributed to this report.                                 

In:    
• Taliban
    
• Immigration
    
• War
    
• Afghanistan
    

。    

　    阿里云优惠券 先领券再下单        一、2025年618红包口令终极揭秘：一码双用，无门槛省钱    核心口令：好运红包7788    今年618最大亮点在于淘宝、京东首次统一红包口令，用户只需在任一平台搜索“好运红包7788”，即可解锁双平台福利：    - 京东：每日可领3次，最高25618元，每晚8点加码奖池翻倍    - 淘宝：每日可领1次，最高25888元，加码时段必中10元红包    高效领取技巧：首次输入后，通过搜索框历史记录一键跳转，无需重复输入。    二、为何6月17日20:00是全年最低价？三重爆发力解析    根据平台官方活动节奏，6月17日晚8点至24点被列为“年度价格冰点”，原因有三：    1. 优惠叠加巅峰：    - 跨店满减升级（京东满299减50/淘宝满300减50）    - 红包雨爆发（中奖率提升80%）    - 会员券加持（京东PLUS满6000减600，淘宝88VIP再享95折）    2. 库存充足：热门商品如iPhone、大家电备货量增加3倍，半价秒杀成功率翻倍。    3. 价保兜底：京东支持30天价保，淘宝部分商品保价至7月5日，买贵必赔。

二 |     * 行动贴士：提前加购高单价商品（手机、家电、奢侈品），开通免密支付，20:00整点优先结算限时半价品。    三、第五波活动省钱实操：红包+补贴+会员联用公式    京东终极叠加攻略：    商品底价 → 满299减50 → 搜“家电省2000”领国补券 → 叠加“好运红包7788” → PLUS会员97折    案例：8000元空调    - 国补-15%（-1200元）    - 以旧换新补贴-1000元    - 红包抵扣-200元    - PLUS折扣后实付4600元，省幅达42%。    淘宝爆款组合技巧：    标价×官方立减85% → 凑满减门槛 → 88VIP券 → 直播间隐藏券    案例：10000元奢侈品包    - 官方立减15%（-1500元）    - 满300减50（-1650元）    - 88VIP满5000减400    - 直播间券满10000减1000    - 实付5450元，近乎腰斩。    四、各品类黄金购买日：对的时间省千元    6月4-5日    | 数码家电    | 京东搜“家电省2000”领20%国补    | 75寸电视低至3759元    6月6-7日    | 美妆        | 雅诗兰黛5折，京东满500减200券  | 小棕瓶买50ml送45ml    6月12-13日  | 服饰鞋包    | 耐克/优衣库跨店满减+立减      | 夏季新款直降40%    6月17日      | 全品类高单价 | 红包雨+会员大额券              | iPhone16省1500元    五、防坑指南：这些套路千万别中招    1. 虚假降价：用比价工具（如“慢慢买”）核查商品30天历史价，认准“618活动价”标签。

三 |     2. 定金陷阱：未付尾款时定金不退，超需商品建议选“随时退定金”标识产品。    3. 凑单退货风险：京东凑299整数倍时，分开下单避免退货纠纷（例：598元拆两单）。    结语：行动清单+终极提醒    立即执行：    1. 打开京东/淘宝APP，搜索 “好运红包7788” ，每日必领攒红包池。    2. 标注 6月17日19:50 闹钟，提前加购、检查支付方式。    3. 高单价商品锁定京东（价保30天），美妆服饰侧重淘宝（官方立减+88VIP）。

四 |     * 终极口诀： “口令“好运红包7788”每日领，17号晚8点冲，叠加满减会员券，半年囤货一次成”。    2025年618的战役已进入白热化阶段，掌握核心红包口令与时间节点，方能在这场消费狂欢中真正“省出高段位”！点击收藏本文，6月17日晚8点，我们不见不散！    

            

申请创业报道，分享创业好点子。点击此处，共同探讨创业新机遇！。

五 |

Current article:http://uc2.panningbuquanchencaibingzhang.cyou/news/20260826_7405.html

Published on:21:43:10