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- Abdul Wasi Safi smiles after a news conference Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Houston. Wasi Safi, an intelligence officer for the Afghan National Security Forces who fled Afghanistan following the withdrawal of U.S. forces, was freed this week and reunited with his brother after spending months in immigration detention. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Afghan soldier seeking US asylum hopes for 'American dream'
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Fri,01/27/23-8:36PM , 171 Reads
HOUSTON (AP) — In the months he was held in detention in Texas during his legal fight to remain in the U.S., Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi thought he would eventually be returned to his home country and meet a likely d
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- Sami-ullah Safi holds photographs of his brother, Abdul Wasi Safi, as he talks about his brother's journey to the U.S. during an interview Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Houston. Safi's brother, who's called Wasi by his family, was an intelligence officer with the Afghan National Security Forces, providing U.S. armed forces with information for operations against terrorists, said Sami-ullah Safi. Wasi was arrested after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border near Eagle Pass, Texas in September 2022, and charged with a federal misdemeanor related to wrongly entering the country and placed in a detention center in Central Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Afghan soldier seeking US asylum freed from immigration hold
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Wed,01/25/23-2:31PM , 632 Reads
HOUSTON (AP) — An Afghan soldier seeking U.S.
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- Photographs of Abdul Wasi Safi sit on a table as his brother, Sami-ullah Safi talks about his brother's journey to the U.S. during an interview Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, in Houston. Abdul Wasi Safi was an intelligence officer with the Afghan National Security Forces, providing U.S. armed forces with information for operations against terrorists, said Sami-ulllah Safi. Wasi, as he is called by his family, was arrested after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border near Eagle Pass, Texas in September 2022, and charged with a federal misdemeanor related to wrongly entering the country and placed in a detention center in Central Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Afghan soldier seeks asylum after arrest at US-Mexico border
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Sat,01/21/23-7:18AM , 349 Reads
HOUSTON (AP) — Abdul Wasi Safi kept documents detailing his time as an Afghan soldier who worked with the U.S. military close to him as he made the monthslong, treacherous journey from Brazil to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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- These images provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, shows Texas death row inmates, from left, John Balentine, Robert Fratta, and Wesley Ruiz. Texas plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to carry out executions early this year in violation of state law, the three death row inmates allege in a lawsuit. Prison officials deny the claim and say the state’s supply of execution drugs is safe.(Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)
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Inmates allege Texas plans to use unsafe execution drugs
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Tue,01/03/23-4:16PM , 721 Reads
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to carry out executions early this year in violation of state law, three death row inmates allege in a lawsuit.

Prison officials deny the claim and say the state’s supply of execution drugs is safe.
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