The derogatory information has raised the question of what to do with them, leaving them in limbo.

Some initially raised possible security issues - like evacuees who shared a name with terrorism suspects - but were absolved on closer scrutiny.īut several dozen have been red-flagged, despite having helped the United States during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, because screenings uncovered apparent records of violent crime or links to Islamist militants that follow-up evaluations have not cleared, officials said. WASHINGTON - Two months after the evacuation of 80,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover, most have cleared subsequent vetting for admission into the United States.