U.S. Planning to Evacuate Afghan Interpreters

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U.S. Planning to Evacuate Afghan Interpreters

June 24, 2021 at 7:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 32 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/06/24/u-s-planning-to-evacuate-afghan-interpreters/

"SNIP......

“The White House and Pentagon intend to evacuate thousands of Afghan interpreters and their families to a third country as they await U.S. visa processing,” Politico reports.

“The issue of Afghan interpreters and translators has become a major sticking point in the rush to move thousands of American troops and tons of equipment out of the country by September. … The thousands of interpreters who worked side by side with U.S. troops for two decades have remained in limbo, however, leading to scrambling in Washington to find a way to protect them from the Taliban and others once U.S. forces are gone.”

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[Skittles]

1. excellent

it is the right thing to do

[maxsolomon]

2. "A 3rd Country" shouldn't be Pakistan.

The Taliban are active there.

[Marrah_Goodman]

3. Very good news.

[pandr32]

4. Good!

This needs to happen yesterday.

[mitch96]

5. +1. I wonder what country? nt

[Blue_true]

7. That should not be made public. nt

[mitch96]

8. Agree and I was doing a little mental exercise.. Which country is friendly with the US...

And take our refugees for a little bit.. And be safe for them...
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[BGBD]

12. Turkey

Is the first one to pop in my head.

[Blue_true]

6. The right thing to do.

Evacuate people that risked their lives to help us to a safe place and settle them until their US visas are approved.

[secondwind]

9. I read somewhere here that it may be Guam.

[Red Mountain]

10. Great

we need to honor our commitments.

[Mad_Machine76]

11. While this is a good and understandable thing to do

I can't help but wonder if it sort of undermines the idea that we're leaving Afghanistan a better place than when we found it? It doesn't belie great confidence that the Taliban won't just waltz back in and regain control once we're gone, which is why we have to take a bunch of Afghans with us when we leave.

[applegrove]

13. I don't think many people believe will not fall to the Taliban once the US leaves.

It is not a matter of confidence. It is a matter of reality. I believe the hope is that some sort of agreement can be made for peace then. What that means for women in Afghanistan, i shudder to think.

[ansible]

14. It means a lot of silence when you try to criticize a certain religion and its treatment of women

[applegrove]

15. I think the treatment of afghanistani women by the Taliban was the second reason

invading it was palatable in 2001. The first reason was they harboured Osama bin Laden.