18,000 Afghan Translators Are Begging President Biden To Give Them Visas To Escape Afghanistan

 

Daily Mail: 'President Biden, please save us': 18,000 Afghan translators who went to battle with American troops beg the US give them visas so they can escape 'hell' and constant fears they'll be murdered by the Taliban 

* Thousands of Afghan translators are in limbo waiting for visas to enter the U.S. 

* Backlogs, lack of documents and the pandemic have slowed the process 

* They served with U.S. troops and now face constant threats from the Taliban 

* Many have been essential in helping with ground operations in the last 20 years 

* In their visa applications they detail the dangers they face and plead with Biden 

* Around 300 Afghan translators are believed to have been murdered since 2014 

* Stranded Afghans are now facing a race against time to leave with U.S. troops 

* Both Democrats and Republicans have put pressure on the State Department 

When President Joe Biden withdraws the final American troops from Afghanistan, up to 18,000 who risked their lives for the U.S. could be left behind. 

They are under constant fear of deadly attacks from the Taliban and have been run out of their homes, with their families of young children, because of their support for the American government. 

These are the Afghan translators and interpreters who have worked alongside all U.S. military branches and against the insurgents for the last 20 years throughout America's longest war. 

They have served with the CIA, the State Department, the Army and the Marines on the front-lines in one of the most dangerous battle zones in the world - but have been left in limbo by the slow process to get accepted for a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV). 

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Update #1: Sen. Kennedy introduces bill to 'save' Afghan allies as US withdraws -- FOX News  

Update #2: Afghan translators, contractors fear for their lives amid Taliban offensives, US withdrawal -- ABC News  

WNU Editor: When you add in Afghan contractors, Afghan government employees, Afghan military personnel, and all those who are known supporters of the Afghan government .... plus their families .... you are talking about millions of Afghans who will want visas to flee the country.