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Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi, once detained at border, wins asylum
It's almost a year since Wasi said he turned himself in to border patrol agents to declare asylum but was charged with entering the U.S. illegally.
President Biden suggested rescue operations in Kabul. What comes next?
Biden signaled he is open to allowing troops into Kabul to rescue Americans.
US military can get 9,000 a day out of Afghanistan, but there’s no security outside of the airport
More than 7,000 people have gotten out of Kabul since Saturday.
No time for coulda, woulda, shoulda on Afghanistan, top military officials say
The evacuation mission remains constrained to the Kabul airport.
‘Team America’ has success evacuating Afghans, seeks help as requests grow
The informal network has helped some leave Afghanistan and still more ask.
4,000 Afghans who helped military going abroad to complete visas to U.S.
While 750 Afghans are going straight to Virginia, thousands more will go to a way station out of Afghanistan.
The Pentagon is helping State identify Afghan interpreters for evacuation
There are thousands of Afghans in the Special Immigrant Visa pipeline.
Biden defends Afghanistan pullout as Taliban gains ground
President Joe Biden explains the decision to pull out of Afghanistan
By Joe Gould
US House votes to ease entry process for Afghan interpreters
The U.S. House easily passed legislation Tuesday that would make it easier for Afghans who worked for the American military to relocate to the U.S.
Betrayal and death: Former allies fear the fate of Afghans facing US abandonment
Like the Afghans today, anti-communist Hmong allies of America faced a similarly uncertain fate following the end of the Vietnam War.
We must not repeat the Vietnam refugee tragedy in Afghanistan
The withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan must not end with a betrayal of our Afghan allies, says the author of this commentary.
By Jim Jones