Afghans are furious that Trump is blaming them for Orlando https://t.co/aFqpv1VaBX via @Sophia_MJones

— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) June 14, 2016

“…An individual cannot represent a culture or civilization,” Ghani said in response to news of Trump renewing his call for a U.S. travel ban on Muslims and people from countries with a history of terrorism.

Some Afghans are worried that Afghans and Afghan-Americans are being painted as could-be terrorists.

“There are thousands of other Afghans who have been serving America and American people without threatening U.S. security,” Shaheedulla Mubariz, an economics professor at a university in Kabul, told The WorldPost by phone.

Thousands of Afghans who served as interpreters and support staff for U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 2001-2014 are still trying to seek asylum in the United States, in fear of their lives. The Taliban is known to murder those perceived as loyal to the United States.