Gul

MEMORANDUM *

Asim Gul, a native and citizen of Afghanistan, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) protection. 1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition.

“Where, as here, the BIA adopts the IJ’s decision while adding its own reasons, we review both decisions.” Kataria v. INS, 232 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir.2000). We review for substantial evidence the determination that Gul does not qualify for asylum. See Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s and BIA’s finding that the government rebutted the presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 997-98 (9th Cir.2003). The IJ performed the requisite individualized analysis, see id. at 999-1000 , and a preponderance of the evidence on record shows that Gul’s fear of persecution was not well founded following the ouster of the Taliban in 2001. Thus, Gul’s asylum claim fails. Because Gul failed to show that he qualifies for asylum, he has “not met the…