Afghan citizens living in the US with expired visas will be given temporary protected status for 18 months due to precarious conditions in their country, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. “This TPS designation will help to protect Afghan nationals who have already been living in the United States from returning to unsafe conditions,” said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. DHS said Afghans face reduced security and deteriorated living conditions since the Taliban seized power last August. It pointed to “a collapsing public sector, a worsening economic crisis…