'I can't express it in words,' the brother of Abdul Wasi Safi, an Afghanistan native who helped the U.S. during the war, told ABC13 after hearing his brother has been granted asylum.
Abdul Wasi Safi, living in Houston, was granted asylum after being detained for attempting to enter the U.S. without proper documentation in 2022.A native of Afghanistan who helped the United States during the war in his home country has been granted asylum in the United States.
Sami-Ullah Safi, his brother, spoke with ABC13 Wednesday afternoon about Abdul's history with the United States. He told Eyewitness News Abdul tried to come here when the war ended in 2021 but was unable to get out of Afghanistan."They started going after whoever served with the U.S. military," Sami-Ullah said of the Taliban.
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