‘Welcome home’: evacuations begin for 200 Afghans who worked for US
About 200 who risk Taliban retaliation because they worked for US during the 20-year war set to begin new lives in US
About 200 Afghans were set to begin new lives in the United States on Friday as an airlift got under way for translators and others who risk Taliban retaliation because they worked for the United States during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, US officials said.
The operation to evacuate US-affiliated Afghans and family members comes as the US troop pullout nears completion and government forces struggle to repulse Taliban advances.