Biden plans evacuation of Afghans who ‘helped’ the US
Al Jazeera
About 18,000 Afghans who have worked for the US have applied for special visas.
The Biden administration is preparing to evacuate potentially thousands of Afghans who worked for the United States as it nears completion of its military withdrawal from Afghanistan in coming months, US officials said on Thursday. “Those who helped us are not going to be left behind,” President Joe Biden said in response to a reporter’s question as he left a media conference at the White House. “They [translators] will be welcome here just like anyone else who risked their lives to help us,” said Biden who will meet his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani and national council Chairman Abdullah Abdullah at the White House on Friday amid rising concerns about Taliban advances in northern Afghanistan.
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