‘Bring then to safety’: Desperate pleas from Afghan Australians

Australian government urged to expedite partner and family visas and launch rescue mission out of Kabul.

Thousands of Afghan Australians are desperately pleading with the Australian government to rescue their wives and children from Kabul as the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan. MPs are reportedly receiving “desperate, heart-breaking requests for help” from Australian citizens and residents who have families stuck in the city. Kai, an Afghan Australian of Hazara ethnicity whose wife is stranded in Kabul, says that unless she can get on an evacuation plane, he does not know what they will do.