Maj. Naiem Asadi, an Afghan pilot trained by the U.S. military, became known for his bravery during six years of fighting in the country’s war, from battling Taliban and Islamic State fighters to helping rescue a crashed American pilot.
Today, facing death threats from the Taliban, he is in hiding with his wife and 4-year-old daughter, after the U.S. reversed its decision to help him leave Afghanistan and live in America. In late November, the U.S. military asked Mr. Asadi and his family to leave an American military base in Afghanistan, where he had sought refuge from the Taliban for a month, after the Pentagon withdrew its initial support for his request for protection in the U.S.
“We didn’t expect the U.S. government to leave us halfway,” said Mr. Asadi, who says he has killed hundreds of Taliban and Islamic State fighters during his active duty with the Afghan military. “After completing a full review of the request, the appropriate officials determined that DoD [the Department of Defense] could not support the request,” Pentagon spokesman Maj. Robert Lodewick said.
Surprise surprise
Well itd probably be smart not to plaster his face all over social media then but then again I've dealt with Dow Jones publishing's customer service and they're not sending their best.
U.S. always uses people for its own benefits. No matter even hundreds/thousands get killed, it's like see who can be of use for us. Leave the rest. Kill them. killerAmerica killerWhiteHouse WhiteHouse JoeBiden realDonaldTrump unfoundation
Just unbelievable !
when u betrayed your own people against occupiers this is what u get from ur masters
The sheer fact he feels he and his family have to leave is proof enough we've failed in Afghanistan
Trump is a traitor, colder than a republican's heart!
Excellent headline. It’s only missing his hiding spot. 😳
He must not be a registered Republican, or Caucasian, or a Christian. That seems to be the primary reasons that people are threatened in this country.
Hopefully the Maj was fully aware that the powers that be in DOD don't just lie too or sacrifice Afghan trained and fighting..they also do this to their own. Honor & liberty were traded for warmongering industry & profitteering.
LivingWillie How very Benghazish of us.
Bring our troops home, nytimes you love isis and hate America
It’s becoming dangerous to help the US, they have developed a tendency to abandon you when you need them. Smh
When we don’t help our allies we lose those allies making every second in country more dangerous for our soldiers
Afghans to Afghans, let this warrior be judged by his countrymen. If the man is fearful of his peers, what have he done wrong by going into hiding?
I like your frandship
no more people allowed to move to USA. He fought for country, and is on losing side. As we withdraw, half of the country will want to come over, no, no,no
How to loose allies in 20 secs.
Republicanism kills.
US🇺🇸must leave Afghanistan🇦🇫 and all the Middle East countries it's deatructive presence is unwanted.
susanendres Bring. Him. Here!!!
wth ?
Let’s hope that President Biden helps this brave man.
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He should stay and fight for his own country. That’s what we trained him to do.
Sad
Lot of comments of people who haven’t read the article. Also, a helicopter pilot is not a fighter pilot.
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There's obviously more to this story....
Yet another one of 'Trump's many successes' as your editorial board likes to say about his administration.
When will these ppl learn that the US will dump them once they are no longer useful ?
Heartless and stupid. One of our allies should rescue him and hire him.
Disgraceful
But yet trump can look after his cronies
How many civilians did he murder in the process?
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joncoopertweets That’s unbelievable!
joncoopertweets Won’t Biden help him in January? My gosh, trump and Republicans are really awful people.
joncoopertweets ...And Roger Stone thumbs his nose at the law...
History repeats itself when we don't learn from it. How 90s of us. 😡
How can we be trusted as allies when we keep doing this
That the usa...!!
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It’s dead sentences for this who opposed the talibans earlier on. What the USA going to do next is murderous.
Go figure the government always does that.
From what has reported, there is no defensible reason for the US to betray this ally.
Hopefully he will get away to freedom all because of his courage.
most of the afghan pilots trained in the U.S. at taxpayer expense have joined the Taliban because nowhere else can they get this kind of training
Have we ever NOT fucked over the local people who trust us in these 3rd world wars for resources to feed corporate profits?
I wonder if he could enlist in the US army and be a military dependent.
Betrayal.
Wow
Trump shows his Callousness AGAIN.
Another day in Trumplandia where allies are expendable and honor is for chumps.
AND TRUMP CANNOT CARE LESS
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I’m sure there’s more to this story that you aren’t sharing
A betrayal? Fits right into America’s history. Welcome to the club...
This is how we treat our friends. We learned how to do it in Vietnam.
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After all trump said about veterans (Losers and suckers) and this story Why did i serve in Vietnam
Where is the MAGA outrage? TrumpIsALaughingStock TrumpIsPathetic TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
They are only Good weather friends
You mean reversed by trump NOT the US !!!
He should stay in his home country to fight for his country! Why remove the taken to fight the taliban? So he is afraid of death threats but is not to to be shot at in a war? He looking for a freebie. So he reduced an American pilot? Thousands of Americans rescued his country
This is why the folks from the middle eastern countries don’t trust us especially after doing what they can to help their country! We train em then fuck them over when we pull out, leaving them to certain death ! The US continues to screw these people and wonder why they hate us
That is the Amerika we have come to know
Disgusting. The US brought thousands of South Vietnamese to the US after we withdrew based on the fact they’d likely be killed if we didn’t bring themjere flr a safe life! Trump’s admin and the DOD are worse than disgusting if they do not ring Asadi and his family to safety!
We need to fix this.
😔another one in a very long line
Bring him his wife and 4 year old daughter to the USA as promised. The Taliban will kill them. For shame whenever reversed those orders
Tell PDJT -- he'll get this man out of there.
It’s a shame. Anyone who fought terrorists is a hero
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Hard to make a blanket statement, but we owe it to individuals to make a policy, stick to it, and honor past agreements at minimum.
realDonaldTrump you could fix this injustice with the snap of your fingers and or the stroke of your pen.
US trained him to fight not to get asylum in US
Turns out we’re the shithole country
I didn’t get through the whole article, but if the man doesn’t feel safe and we said we would protect him, especially after he fought and sacrificed for us, then we should honor our word.
Wtf ? Do I have to go over there My self to go get this man. Scratch that ! Oh , Mr President - Elect Joe Biden... are You going to stand for this ? Respectfully asking ? Sir.
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Trained by the USA......bring him HOME
Let's send Donald Trump in his place! Trump does not have a clue about faithfulness and loyalty!
Sounds like a trumpy decision to abandon yet another ally. Help is on the way after Jan. 20, if he can hold out for four weeks.
Trump is setting the stage, both nationally and internationally, to hand Biden as big a mess as possible. He created fake problems to solve himself to look good, and is now creating real ones so he can disparage the next president.
Help those who can randomly kill the people of his own country. Really a great person
Sadly, he is not the first ally we screwed over.
If you can't trust the USA who can you trust?
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Stay safe
nice
President Bone Spurs.
Such a betryal! Who would be crazy enough to work with our troops anymore in the future? Man this pisses me off
People will remember how the US failed and went back on the people who helped them when we need assistance ourselves. Shameful
The Vietnamization of Afghanistan is going about as well as it did in Vietnam.
Sad
In a little over 20 days, America is back.
Hey but our asshole govt can write blank checks for foreign aid and not help its citizens
AllisonBakerFit What the hell is wrong with us? Why would they reverse the decision?
Get he & family to US, now
This what you get for bombing innocent people this is a life lesson for the Afghan pilot you wanna kill innocent people this is what u get......
Why... why do we always do shit like this
Why am I not surprised....
Surprise surprise
What a way to say thanks for rescuing an American pilot. Do you think the word will get out and help will come the next time an American life is in danger.
Total betrayal.
America 🇺🇸 you can do better than this!
US prefers to help the Pakistanis who trained Taliban rather than Afghanis trained by US.
The kurds are finding how USA rewards its allies the hard way
The U. S. being trump?
This traitor helped the invading enemy who destroyed his country and killed more than 3 million civilians with bombs and missiles. He deserves more than that.
He's at the top of the merit-based immigration system
Is this potentially thinly-disguised pro-war propaganda? If Trump did anything right it's ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bring them home and bring him to his new home in
What was the reason behind for him to be refused safe passage? Maybe there's something we don't know happening
Absolutely unconscionable!
this is not the America i grew up in. started bombing when nixon was elected in 68.
Typical, history repeats itself and you all wonder why the world hates you... 🤷♂️
Damn shame
The US government has a very bad history of doing this.
.USArmy Something happened with Maj. Naiem Asadi ?
Yup! In consonance with the President - two timing, treacherous, treasonous, self-serving!
Tell him to check notes with the Montagnards in Vietnam.
Support the troops, until they need support from us
The US is very disloyal to non-Americans. This, the Chinese young idiots who were tricked by the NED to commit street violence, to overthrow the HK Government, is now finding out; 'We don't want the Hong Kong boys coming here. No asylum for them' - White House official.
They should honor their pledge a mans life is in danger plus that of this family, let em relocate him to any other country in europe
Great. Let’s make friends not more enemies ... use common sense
But he lives among people who follow a religion of only peace , so he will be fine , this gotta be fake news
wtf USA?
THIS SORT OF THING MUST BE ADDRESSED BY WHATEVER U.S. ADMINISTRATION. We will NEVER encourage defections from OUR hostile enemies if we treat Defectors in this way. Perhaps a source of misinformation? Okay, grant you that. BUT, what if he/she IS NOT?
That’s sad.....
Why anyone would help the US is beyond me. There are far too many stories of our government forgetting the people who helped them.
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Trust US at your own peril! 😕😒
This is bullshit as government should honor the promise to rescue him!
Sounds about right for the US government to not honor their word
Biden wants 125k refugees and we cannot help this guy? We traded all those Talibans for Berdahl!
Can't trust the rag that covered up the biden corruption scandal
Shame on the US Government...
realDonaldTrump is this true? If so why would we leave this man behind?
Seems like a shitty thing for us to do.
This is how Trump treats Allies of the US, yet on the other hand is working on a peace deal with the barbaric Taliban who harbored Osama after 911.
Yes, trust: a condition necessary for betrayal...
Again, never trust Americans.
good luck
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