Because....?

"What American AJ Subat Did After Taliban Retook Afghanistan"

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/taliban-afghanistan-kabul-evacuation-resettlement-aj-subat.html

"She and other Afghan activists point bitterly to the disparities in the American treatment of themselves and the Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. By June, more than 17,000 Ukrainians had arrived in the U.S. under humanitarian parole, and more than 24,000 have had their applications approved from their home country, compared to the negligible number approved for Afghans abroad. The U.S. waives application fees for Ukrainians as a matter of course, whereas Afghans have to pay or file a waiver themselves."

~ Lisa Miller