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POLITICO Afghans who aided U.S. troops are in danger of being hunted down by the Taliban. “The day the last U.S. soldier goes wheels up out of Bagram air base, we’ve handed these people a death sentence,” Rep. Michael Waltz said in an interview. | AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack Link Copied House lawmakers are increasingly frustrated with the Biden administration’s lack of progress in expediting special immigrant visas for thousands of Afghans who have worked with the U.S. as the deadline to withdraw all U.S. troops from the country gets closer. Lawmakers “have been completely underwhelmed by the total lack of a sense of urgency, or a plan” to prioritize the safety of the thousands of Afghan interpreters and others who qualify for such visas and who will be hunted down by the Taliban if the Biden administration does not take action, said Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), a former Green Beret who worked with Afghan interpreters during his deployment.

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