Ahmad has been hiding in Afghanistan for years.
The former Afghan military employee is living in fear of being found by the Taliban, which seized power in 2021 as US forces withdrew from the Central Asian nation.
As a result, Ahmad is unable to get a job or access medical care, relying on donations from friends outside the country to survive. His son, 12, is unable to go to school.
If they are found, Ahmad says, the Taliban "will remove" him.
His hope had been refugee resettlement in the US, but - with just a medical check to complete - the process was put on pause by the Trump administration.
