Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.
President Trump's order to suspend foreign aid is impacting Afghanistan, where anxiety over food supplies have partly pushed up prices. The Taliban says dozens of charities have had to halt work.
Tens of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. government or military are now in limbo after the Trump administration issued two executive orders targeting refugees.
After Trump halted the refugee program, thousands who were waiting to reach safety after years of vetting found themselves in limbo. They include Afghans who worked with the U.S. in Afghanistan.