Trump Vows to ‘Try to Save’ Afghans in UAE at Risk of Repatriation

President Donald Trump said the United States would work to prevent the Gulf State returning Afghan refugees to their Taliban-controlled home country.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a signing ceremony for the “GENIUS Act” in the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 18, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on July 20 pledged that the United States would work to help Afghans who have been in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, who are now reportedly facing repatriation to the Taliban-controlled nation.

In a post on Truth Social, including a link to a Just the News report about the status of these Afghans, Trump wrote, “I will try to save them, starting right now.”