His lawyer said his brothers had worked with the U.S. military and that a judge protected him from return to Afghanistan because he feared Taliban persecution. AP reported that Saturday’s flight was the second U.S. deportation flight to the Central African Republic since June. The protection order barred his return to Afghanistan; U.S. authorities instead sent him to the Central African Republic.
U.S. deported 12 Afghans to the Central African Republic, including a man protected from return to Afghanistan, advocates say.
What we’re less sure of3 of 5 claims
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One deported man had a judge-issued protection order preventing his return to Afghanistan because he feared Taliban persecution.
Attributed to the man's lawyer and apparently reflected in a legal order, but the order is not independently presented here.
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The protected man's brothers had worked with the U.S. military.
Attributed to his lawyer, making it a single-source claim.
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The man had protection from return to Afghanistan, and U.S. authorities sent him to the Central African Republic.
The extractor added a causal explanation absent from the copy and source. This claim is limited to the attributed sequence; it does not declare third-country removal lawful.