Over 300 Afghan Translators and Family Killed While Serving the U.S.
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By Janis Shinwari, Mariah Smith, Philip Caruso, Jason Gorey, Fritz Sleigher, Chris Karwacki & James Miervaldis
September 19, 2020
In the nineteen years since the attacks of September 11, 2001, Afghan interpreters have assisted and protected American servicemembers fighting in their home country. Yet their safety has always been an afterthought. Now, in its effort to withdraw from Afghanistan, the United States is failing its moral obligation to resettle them, instead, leaving many to face an uncertain but doubtless dangerous future under an empowered Taliban. If the U.S. government does not act soon to expedite the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, it risks abandoning over 18,000 Afghans. They have risked their lives for Americans and earned the right to live safely in the United States.
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