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The first group of Afghans who aided U.S. forces is on the way to the United States to complete the application process for a special visa.
With the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly complete, the Biden administration started “Operation Allies Refuge to evacuate thousands of Afghan helpers to the U.S. who face the threat of retribution from advancing Taliban forces.
President Joe Biden called their arrival “an important milestone as we continue to fulfill our promise to the thousands of Afghan nationals who served shoulder-to-shoulder with American troops and diplomats over the last 20 years in Afghanistan,” in a statement and said it’s “just the first of many.”
harris: breaking news. biden is administration announcing a plan to evacuate afghan visa applicants. we have more info on it now. the president s direction, the united states is going to watch operations allies refuge to support people eligible and and their families. these are people who have helped us out and our partners in afghanistan, and are in the application pipeline already. it is for operational security. they don t have additional details. you know they are not going to tell us exactly how this works. you have to get people out of there. we will keep you updated as we learn more. i talked about what i believe, the courage, the commitments, the patriotism that you have evidence, by your