forces. s.e.a.l. commanders describing him as a valuable and necessary asset who braved enemy fire and undoubtedly saved the lives of americans and afghans alike. these guys were your american brothers. american brothers, yeah. reporter: but at the end of 2013 his contract was terminated after he failed a polygraph test. so when he later applied for an s.i.v. to the united states, his application was automatically denied. rashid and i kept in touch after i left afghanistan. and in a matter of weeks the country had collapsed and was now under taliban rule. i don t want to be killed by the taliban. they re going to cut our heads off if they find my location. please help. reporter: cnn evacuated staff from kabul with the help of a security team on the ground working with british paratroopers inside the airport. the channel established was now
but his letters of recommendation from seal commanders reflect a translator who went above and beyond duty. describing him as a valuable and necessary asset who braved enemy fire and undoubtedly saved the lives of american and afghans alike. this is eli. he was one of our team member. reporter: these guys were your american brothers? american brother, yeah. reporter: abdul says he has no idea what he did wrong, and never received an explanation. his visa rejection letter from the u.s. embassy stated lack of faithful and valuable service. if we had peace in afghanistan, if i had not served the u.s. military, if the taliban were not after me, i would never leave my country. reporter: around 18,000 afghans who worked for the u.s. military have applied for special immigration visas. but cnn has learned only half are expected to be granted. the biden administration is in talks with a number of countries
years of service has now amounted to a death sentence. after the u.s. government rejected his special immigrant visa, making him a target for the taliban. if they catch me, they re going to kill me. they re going to kill my kids and they re going to kill my wife too. it s payback time for them, you know. reporter: the father of three says his contract with the u.s. military was terminated in 2014 after he failed a polygraph test. but his letters of recommendation from s.e.a.l. commanders reflect a translator who went above and beyond duty, describing him as a valuable and necessary asset, who braved enemy fire and undoubtedly saved the lives of american and afghans alike. this is eli. he was one of our team member. these guys were your american brothers? american brothers, yeah. reporter: abdul says he has no idea what he did wrong and never received an explanation. his visa rejection letter from
test. but his letters of recommendation from seal commanders reflect a translator who went above and beyond duty. describing him as a valuable and necessary asset, who braved enemy fire and undoubtedly saved the lives of american and afghans alike. this is eli. he was one of our team member. these guys were your american brothers? american brothers, yeah. reporter: abdul says he has no idea what he did wrong and never received an explanation. his visa rejection letter from the u.s. embassy stated lack of faithful and valuable service. if we had peace in afghanistan, if i had not served the u.s. military, if the taliban were not after me, i would never leave my country. reporter: around 18,000 afghans who worked for the u.s. military have applied for special immigration visas. but cnn has learned only half are expected to be granted. the biden administration is in
only fellow navy s.e.a.l.s who testified against him. so he s calling the united states military the deep state here. that s what i found most shocking in reading this last night after the move from his florida rally. to describe the s.e.a.l. commanders who have been overseeing the attempts to adjudicate and more appropriate punish s.e.a.l.s who have broken the code of conduct, been court-martialed for their actions, to describe those commanders as the deep state is just a new assault by donald trump on the military institution of american life that we generally separate from political criticism. to call the three soldiers who were convicted in these processes, one was facing trial still, an army officer warriors