The final throes of the United States’ 20-year military engagement in Afghanistan guarantee that the war many Americans would have preferred to forget will
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters last month that the U.S. is committed to helping interpreters and other Afghan civilians who aided the war effort, often at great personal risk. The Biden administration has also launched a review of the SIV programs, examining the delays and the ability of applicants to challenge a rejection. It will also be adding anti-fraud measures.
Amid the review, former interpreters, who typically seek to shield their identities and keep a low profile, are becoming increasingly public about what they fear will happen should the Taliban return to power.
“They absolutely are going to kill us,” Mohammad Shoaib Walizada, a former interpreter for the U.S. Army, said in an interview after joining others in a protest in Kabul.
President Joe Biden had set May 1 as the official start of the withdrawal of the remaining forces about 2,500-3,500 U.S. troops and about 7,000 NATO soldiers.
President Joe Biden had set May 1 as the official start of the withdrawal of the remaining forces about 2,500-3,500 U.S. troops and about 7,000 NATO soldiers.