First flight carrying Afghans fleeing possible Taliban reprisal lands in US

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Over 200 Afghans, mostly former interpreters who worked with the American government during the Afghanistan war, have been resettled to the US but as many as 18,000 have applied

Former Afghan interpreters who worked with US troops in Afghanistan hold signs during a demonstration about their safety in front of the US embassy in Kabul on June 25, 2021.

The first flight evacuating Afghan interpreters and others who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan has landed at Washington Dulles International Airport in the US. The US-based Associated Press news agency said an airliner carrying the 221 Afghans, including 57 children and 15 babies touched down at Washington Dulles International Airport in the early morning hours of Friday.from Afghanistan’s Taliban for having worked with US officials and civilians, are highlighting American uncertainty about how Afghanistan’s government and military will fare after the US and NATO pullout and amid the Taliban's offensive.

The fear of revenge attacks has driven as many as 18,000 Afghans who worked for the US military to apply for Special Immigration Visas to the United States. In Washington and in NATO capitals, there is a growing demand to evacuate Afghans who worked with the military.

 

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