US calls for help to rehome Afghans who fled chaos of Taliban takeover

ABU DHABI: The United States still needs other nations to take Afghans who fled their homeland last year, a senior US State Department official said on Friday , six months after Washington's chaotic withdrawal as the hard-line Islamist Taliban took control.

"We had an international effort in Afghanistan for 20 years. Now we have to have an international effort for resettlement for Afghans that are coming out of Afghanistan." The official said an apology was offered to Afghans in meetings at the facility for how long it had taken and that the pace to get those eligible to enter the United States would pick up once all people there were documented, which was expected to happen shortly.

The official told media it was hoped that all Afghans in the UAE would be resettled by August but there was no way to be sure yet.

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