Lower Thirds: 

0:02	Report by Ali Kaifee
0:25	Afghan Father in Pakistan
1:36	Ali Kaifee | DW Reporter
2:10	Syed Liaqat Banori | Human Rights Lawyer & Analyst
2:40	Afghan Father in Pakistan

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Syed Mehsood Mehboob - seen here on the left with his family fled to Pakistan in 2022 with 20 family members, while applying to be resettled in the US. A veteran media worker, he sold his house and vehicles. He describes the despair after President Trump barred Afghans from traveling to the United States. 
 
:25 SOT Syed Mehboob 
When Donald Trump announced the travel ban, then some people from our community who were living in Punjab and Islamabad — one woman among them jumped from the 5th floor and committed suicide. And one man had a heart attack 

:46
Mehboob’s son Syed Ghafoor is a dentist. He cannot find a job here despite his experience and cannot even legally work in Pakistan. Many who had applied to the US refugee program are former Afghan professionals who had been pre-approved by US immigration. Now they face expulsion from Pakistan - while worrying about how to get by every day. 

1:14 SOT Son
"We sold the clinic and all its equipment in Kabul and spent the money in Pakistan. We have been here for 3 years. We have no future and this makes us suffer." 

1:26  
Many Afghans — like Mehboob’s family — exist in legal grey zones, unable to work, rent freely, or move around without fear.

1:35  PTC Ali Kaifee
The expulsion of undocumented Afghans has created an atmosphere of uncertainty. People like Syed Mehboob are expected to pay as much as 100 dollars per person to renew their visas every month just to keep their legal status in Pakistan.  A US travel ban on one side and Pakistani pressure on the other — their hopes and lives are hanging in limbo.
 
1:53
Many Afghans in Pakistan have never even set foot in their home country, or were brought here as children. They, too, face deportation. One analyst says there's a better way.

2:09  Analyst Syed Liaqat Banori SOT 
"Within Pakistan, at least those who were born or raised in Pakistan could be integrated in Pakistan with the support of the international community."

2:20
Mehboob chose Pakistan as a temporary refuge — with the aim to move anywhere he and his family could live in safety.  

Now that the US canceled its refugee program, Syed Mehboob is trapped between U.S. policy shifts and Pakistan’s tough stance towards Afghans. 

2:46 Syed SOT
"We had a pending American Refugee case. We had come here, and our departure date was fixed for January 20. All our cases had been in process for six months. Now that Trump has imposed a travel ban, it has put us in a lot of trouble." 

3:09
Their paperwork is complete, but that may no longer matter. With America shutting its doors - and Pakistan expelling Afghans - they just don't know what their next move will be.