North Carolina congressman's office rescues 80 at-risk people from Afghanistan: 'Still a lot of work to do'
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Republican North Carolina Rep. Greg Murphy's office has helped 80 at-risk people escape from Afghanistan since last week after the Biden administration ordered a complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops from the country.
"We’ve had a couple of our congressional staff ... working night and day trying to get these at-risk individuals out of Afghanistan," Murphy told Fox News. "Really doing the work of our State Department and trying to process people — get them the paperwork that they need — to get them out of the country as best as we can, but we don’t have any people on the ground. We don’t have any assets on the ground."
He said the situation in Afghanistan is escalating into a "massive humanitarian crisis" nearly two months after the military withdrew.
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl said Tuesday that nearly 450 American citizens are still trapped within Afghanistan’s borders under the Taliban’s rule — more than the 100 Americans the Biden administration has previously claimed.