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Did make a commitment to people who helped u.s. forces. so talk about what theyve done for our military. i mean, many veterans credit them with saving american lives. >> youre right about that, don. a lot of the advocates to bring the afghans to the united states and resettle them somewhere safe are military veterans who served with them in afghanistan, who relied on them as interpreters predominantly but also all sorts of help during the last 20 years. there is an awful lot of people in afghani...

People will be granted any kind of visa but it gives you an insight into the kind of frenzy thats been whipped up. labour is accusing the foreign secretary of putting the lives of afghan interpreters who worked with british forces at risk. dominic raab was advised on friday to personally ask his afghan counterpart for urgent help to evacuate them from the country. but he didnt make the phone call. mr raab has insisted he wont resign over the matter. 0ur political correspondent peter saull report...

You. barbara- — labour is accusing the foreign secretary of putting the lives of afghan interpreters who worked with british forces at risk. dominic raab was advised on friday to personally ask his afghan counterpart for urgent help to evacuate them from the country. but he didnt make the phone call. for now, the foreign secretary is going nowhere. share for now, the foreign secretary is going nowhere-— going nowhere. are you going to resin, going nowhere. are you going to resign. mr _ going...

There were many incidents with afghan interpreters, they were tortured, killed, beheaded. so, you and your family feared that because of yourjob, that you could have been beheaded? yes, you know, that was the worst thing could happen to someone. he, his wife and a three year old girl fled their home their entire livelihoods, arriving in scotland four weeks ago, under a resettlement programme. it came to me difficult, when i had to say goodbye to my father. i didnt have a chance to hug him becaus...

Provide covering fire, zak has made more sacrifices for this country and risked more for this country than most of our citizens. >> now it is your time, our american friends, our american partners time to help us and get us out of this crisis because the enemy are looking for the people who worked with american and who worked for the american mission, and to find them and kill them and kill their family. we cannot stay. yesterday one of our former interpreters in herat province, the taliban atta...

Interpreter, whether that was running through a minefield to detain someone, or picking up a rifle to provide covering fire. zak has made more sacrifices for this country and risk more for this country than most of our citizens. >> now it is your time, our american friends, our american partners time, to help us, and to help us out of this crisis. because the enemy are looking for people who worked with american, and who worked for the american mission, and to find them and kill them and kill th...

Special forces in afghanistan and im happy im evacuated to the u.k. i have done a lot for the u.s. government. they never give me the chance. never give me visa to come to the united states and right now more than 18,000 afghans are left behind. i am going to fight for them to not be left behind. right now currently their situation is so bad as you can see the kabul airport. everyone is going to the airport. interpreters, civilians, locals, everyone go to the airports. but if it just continues l...

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7,000 people in total that the u.s. has evacuated since this effort began a few days ago. that isnt a high enough number if theyre trying to get upwards of 100,000 people out of the airport. now, two things that the pentagon press secretary said they are looking to. that they hope can increase those numbers. first, theyre opening up one gate at the kabul airport that the u.s. military is going to be in charge of. the second thing is rushing u.s. consular officers to the airport. essentially, tho...

Unconscionable for him to reject those who helped u.s. forces in afghanistan and in some cases saved american lives. >> there is no us and them. there is just an "us." steven miller never wore a uniform a day in his life. >> his group helped resettle thousands of refugees. he points out in the past refugees like those from vietnam made their american communities stronger. as for any possible security risks -- >> that couldnt be farther from the truth. these are individuals who went through a 14-...