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SULTANI v. GONZALES

No. 05-2649.

455 F.3d 878 (2006)

Ahmad Wali SULTANI; Saleha Sultani; Beejan Sultani; Mariam Sultani; Ahmad Wasim Sultani, Petitioners, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Mark Frey, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

D. Gerald Wilhelm, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.

Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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 1983, Saleha, Beejan, and...

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