KABUL/ISLAMABAD: Afghans who fled the Taliban and have waited years for a US resettlement decision say their last path to safety has shut since Washington froze all Afghan immigration cases following a shooting near the White House. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said late on Wednesday it had halted processing for Afghan nationals indefinitely, hours after an Afghan man shot and critically wounded two National Guard soldiers in Washington.

U.S. halts Afghan immigration processing indefinitely after a shooting near the White House raises security concerns.

The alleged gunman in the Washington shooting is an Afghan national who entered the US in September 2021.