U.S. will do ‘what is necessary’ to protect Afghan translators: general
The Hindu
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin voiced a similar message to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The United States said Thursday it will do whatever is necessary to protect Afghans who worked as translators for U.S. forces and now fear for their lives once foreign troops leave Afghanistan. “I can commit to you that it’s my belief that the United States government will do what is necessary in order to ensure the safety and protection of those that have been working with us for two decades,” General Mark Milley, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a congressional panel.
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