President Donald Trump's new order banning almost all travel to the United States for Afghan nationals places yet another hurdle in the way of former U.S. allies already struggling to leave Afghanistan after Trump froze refugee resettlement his first day in office.

, bans travel from 12 countries and restricts it from seven more. The countries are all in the Middle East, Africa and Central and South America.

The new travel ban goes into effect Monday. Only those with U.S. visas will be allowed entry, the order says.

In a statement, nonprofit #AfghanEvac — which helps resettle Afghans in the U.S. — said the ban is a "disgrace."

"...To include Afghanistan — a nation whose people stood alongside American service members for 20 years — is a moral disgrace," the statement said. "It spits in

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