AFBT CONDEMNS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ATTACK ON AFGHAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN WAKE OF DC SHOOTING

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

November 27, 2025

PRESS CONTACT: 
arash@weareafghans.org

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Afghans For A Better Tomorrow condemns the Trump administration’s attack on the Afghan-American community in the wake of the tragic shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington D.C. President Trump and his administration announced a re-vetting of newly arrived Afghans and a pause on all Afghan immigration processing. 

“President Trump is using this tragedy as a pretext to demonize, criminalize, and target an entire community. Exploiting a single incident to cast suspicion on Afghans, people who have already endured decades of displacement and the consequences of America’s forever wars, is both irresponsible and cruel,” said Arash Azizzada, co-director of Afghans For A Better Tomorrow.

The shooter worked alongside U.S. Special Operations forces and served in a CIA-backed covert paramilitary group known as “Zero Units” that functioned outside the purview of any accountability and have a documented history of widespread human rights abuses against Afghan civilians over two decades.

We both condemn the violence by one individual on the streets of Washington DC. as well as the violence perpetrated by the US in Afghanistan and elsewhere. America must confront the decades of violence it inflicted on Afghanistan and acknowledge that its forever wars are a major reason why Afghans seek safety here. Blaming refugees for the consequences of those actions is unjust and we call for the promises to Afghans to be honored, not abandoned.

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Afghans For A Better Tomorrow is a community-led advocacy and community organization that organizes the Afghan-American community to bring about systemic change in the U.S. and beyond to ensure all Afghans have lives of safety, dignity, and freedom.