US halted all visa issuance for Afghan passport holders

The United States has paused Afghan visas, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, two days after a man from Afghanistan shot and killed one National Guard soldier and critically injured another near the White House.

“President (Donald) Trump’s State Department has paused visa issuance for all individuals travelling on



Afghan passports,” Rubio wrote on the social platform X. 

“The United States has no higher priority than protecting our nation and our people.”

“The Department of State has immediately paused visa issuance for individuals travelling on Afghan passports,” the agency said in a statement.