Biden commits to evacuating Afghan interpreters but says Americans are top priority.
reported, but fewer than that are making it to the Kabul airport, as the Taliban have been blocking people from reaching it and firing guns at those waiting in line to get inside. That is counter to what National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the Taliban agreed to on Tuesday.
Justifying the withdrawal from Afghanistan, Biden asked, “Does anybody truly believe that I would not have had to put in significantly more American forces? Send your sons, your daughters, like my son was sent to Iraq, to maybe die?” “We’re making the same commitment [to the interpreters]. There’s nothing more important than getting citizens out, I acknowledge that. But equally important is all those… who, in fact, helped us. They were translators, they went into battle for us, they were part of the operation,” he said., 300 Afghan interpreters and members of their families have been killed since 2001 because they assisted U.S. troops. Interpreters and their families have access to special U.S.
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