Bipartisan group of lawmakers urge Joe Biden to ‘immediately’ evacuate Afghans who helped U.S. forces
U.S. soldiers board an Army Chinook transport helicopter after it brought fresh soldiers and supplies to the Korengal Outpost on October 27, 2008 in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling on the Biden administration to “immediately” evacuate Afghan nationals who helped U.S. forces during the war in the Middle Eastern nation.
In a letter to Joe Biden on Friday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers said they are becoming increasingly concerned he has not yet directed the Pentagon to mobilize as part of a concrete plan to help the Afghans. They warn that if the U.S. does not take action, these forces would almost certainly experience retaliation from the Taliban once American troops are brought home from the region.
April 15, 2021
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) President Joe Biden has announced a withdrawal of all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September, about 20 years after the start of a war provoked by the deadliest terror assault on the United States.
Biden’s plan, announced Wednesday, is to pull out all the American forces now numbering 2,500 by Sept. 11, the anniversary of the attacks on the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon that were coordinated from Afghanistan by the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
There were 2,500 to 3,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when Biden took office, the smallest number since early in the war. The number peaked at 100,000 during President Barack Obama’s first term.