Afghans Despair Over Long Visa Process as Taliban Close In on Kabul

WASHINGTON—Rahmat said he was relieved when the Central Intelligence Agency phoned him for an interview and, weeks later, arranged to shelter him on an Afghan base while the State Department processed his application for a visa to flee Afghanistan.

He feared the Taliban were hunting him down for his work spying for the CIA in remote border areas of Afghanistan for almost a decade, and lacked the paperwork to apply for a visa. But Rahmat isn’t in the clear., and even if he can make it to the capital from his hideout in a province hours away, the Afghan commander of the base has since told him he can’t shelter there.

“I’m very worried,” he said in a text message. “We are feeling in danger here. Please save our family.”and now face a desperate race to leave the country. The Wall Street Journal agreed to use only his first name.

Many won't make it, they're already trapped behind.

Medical Centres that could have been built and funded across all USA; instead trillions dollars wasted on Afghanistan

USA is a cheap free loader like a parasite that uses its host and leaves them weak or dead

they are not our friends....

These people had death warrants signed months ago…

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Taliban should ask for compensation from America for dead peoples of Afganistan .Joe, are you listened ？

as is in the case of Vietnam defeat.

USA must sanction Pakistan for supporting taliban terrorism and back side blaming USA, USA helped Afg by money, arms, man power for 20 yrs at the same time Pakistan provoked taliban and supported proxy war, osama, hafiz sayeed, azhar masood, taliban all are based in Pakistan

Vietnam - yet again.....Ground Zero 1996 and Ground Zero 2001. Various crime reference numbers issued in connection with the fraud. Ray McGinnis’ shocking book‘Unanswered Questions’ is worth looking up...

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US is creating human tragedies all over the world.

US betrayed with Afganistan. Joe Biden Adminstration failed.

situation is going worst!

Isn't the Taliban a really, really good and easy target now when they are attacking in organized fashion ?

Is there a way you can check this, they’ve taken over 166 BlackHawk helicopters 🚁

Big mistake withdrawing troops, just like any other fool, consequences are also coming...

Lifting Afghans are not solution.. There are 38 millions Afghan who date taliban you simply need to provide close air support and contractors to maintain Afghan aircrafts.. But problem is POTUS CIA SecBlinken sold Afghanistan to taliban a terrorist group...

These people won’t change, same at every country and continent

USA gone crazy. What about millions who live in Afghanistan.

It sure what the estimated loss of life that is likely going to happen here…but it’s probably not good

Oh Jesus wsj, you don’t give shit about afghanis….you and your readers are upset about the closing of the money funnel directly to military industrial complex and contractors…right wsj?

Dont worry about that becuase they are ALL IN TURKEY now.

Yeah, but are they vaccinated?

This is horrible 👇

This should have been handled before the withdrawal.

Can’t even defend themselves long enough to get out what a waste of 20 years

Talibans are even forgiving their worst enemies like Ismail khan, so keep calm and wait for your fate 🙄

Never trust Americans

Afghanistan = Vietnam 2.0 Just as expected USA leaders lied to Americans for 20 years about Afghanistan in a repeat of the 10 years of lies in Vietnam Both political parties & Pentagon participated in the lies & misinformation in both wars Hard to have trust in government

So sad. 😔 POTUS They can’t move faster to get them out or locate them somewhere else for them to be safe in the interim?

You had 20 years.

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