Relative of Afghans who aided US military deported to Africa
Afghan national granted protection in the US is one of dozens of people deported to war-torn Central African Republic.
![US Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami, Florida [File: Wilfredo Lee/AP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ap_6a230ef0a9b19-1780682480.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Afghan national granted protection in the US is one of dozens of people deported to war-torn Central African Republic.
![US Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami, Florida [File: Wilfredo Lee/AP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ap_6a230ef0a9b19-1780682480.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![After fleeing Sudan, pharmacy student Islam Ibrahim now supports newly arrived women and girls at Korsi refugee camp in the Central African Republic [Zeinab Mohammed Salih/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/8110bc77-494b-43e1-b43f-d9b9812c28c5_BBAB3AD5-EB93-4F92-9E05-14DDC5867335-1-1783602000.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![FILE: Malik Agar, Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of Sudan. [Samir Bol/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2020-08-31T145128Z_290538242_RC22PI9A67BY_RTRMADP_3_SUDAN-DARFUR-1783527205.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)






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