Legal Opinion
Ahmad Wali Sultani Saleha Sultani Beejan Sultani Mariam Sultani Ahmad Wasim Sultani v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 27, 2006No. 05-2649PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Ahmad Wali and Saleha Sultani and their children, Beejan, Mariam, and Ahmad Wasim, challenge an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which summarily affirmed the decision of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying the Sultanis’ applications for asylum from Afghanistan. We deny the petition for review.
Ahmad Wali fled Afghanistan for Pakistan in September 1981 after Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan. In 1988, Saleha, Beejan, and Mariam joined Ahmad Wali in Pakistan. The family remained in Pakistan until 1988, during which time Ahmad Wali worked for various…
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