foxnews.com/apps. trace: u.s. troops withdraw from afghanistan, the local translators who risked their lives providing critical support for u.s. forces fear death at the hands of the taliban if they are left behind. with time running short before the pullout is complete, the push is on to get them out. we ll have more on this i had with congressman andy biggs. first to our national security correspondent jennifer griffin life for us at the pentagon with a fox exclusive. on tuesday night we went to dulles international airport outside washington, d.c., not far from the cia, for whom some of these combat translators worked in afghanistan. we met one of the lucky few who managed to get a flight out of kabul after receiving his special immigrant visa after working for the u.s. military. fearful that taliban will target his family back in afghanistan he asked that we refer to him by a pseudonym. we ll call him sadiq.
i feel really good because i survived then there was sam an iraqi translator who became the state department first special immigrant visa recipient in 2006 and now serves in the u.s. air force. he came to welcome sadiq and his family to america. i was in their shoes one day over 15 years ago. i really appreciated the fact that i was welcomed by a lot of people and those who made me feel that this is my home now. sam testified in 2007 about the dangers faced by those working with the u.s. military. senator ted kennedy took up his case in the special immigrant visa program was born. i honestly believed i would be killed. my name was listed on the doors of several mosques calling for my death. for sadiq who arrived with his wife and four children for a new life in the u.s. sponsored by the nonprofit keeping our promise rochester, his fortune is bittersweet. are you worried about those
interpreters, desperately seek visas to leave afghanistan before the last u.s. troops are gone and taliban comes to hunt them down. jennifer griffin has the story tonight. military veterans from no one left behind waited three hours at dulles international airport washington, d.c. to greet this transwho risked his life for the u.s. for years and finally received his special immigrant visa to the u.s. on may 27th as the u.s. troops hasten their withdrawal. fearful the taliban will target his family back in afghanistan, he asked that we refer to him by a pseudonym, we will call him sadiq. although it was a long journey for us, the visa process took a long time, like three and a half years. but finally they made it. how do you feel now that you are here? i feel safe, you know.
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