The White House reiterates its commitment to evacuate Afghan partners as an interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008, still hidden

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“Our message to him is: Thank you for fighting alongside us for the last 20 years. Thank you for the role you played in helping some of my favorite people get out of a snowstorm and for all the work they do. “And our commitment is enduring, not just for American citizens, but for our Afghan partners who have fought alongside us,” Psaki said.

“And our efforts and our focus right now are, as you’ve heard General McKenzie and others say over the last 24 hours, that it’s in the diplomatic phase. We’ll get you out. We’ll honor your service. We promise to do exactly that. that “.

The performer, who only names his first name, Mohammed, told the Wall Street Journal asking the president to “save me and my family” after U.S. forces allowed him to enter Kabul airport. during his evacuation mission, but he restricted his wife and children.
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The newspaper first reported earlier Tuesday that Mohammed had helped rescue Biden in 2008 when his helicopter (which also then carried Sens). Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and John Kerry of Massachusetts: He was forced to make an emergency landing in the mountains of Afghanistan due to a snowstorm.

The newspaper reported that Mohammed has been suspended from his special immigrant visa. The program aims to provide a pathway to the United States for Afghans working or working on behalf of the U.S. government, but many have had trouble navigating the program process amid the frantic U.S. struggle to evacuate.

“I can’t leave my house,” he told the newspaper. “I’m very scared.”

Although the Taliban said they would not harm those who had worked with foreign forces, revenge attacks have been reported.
Almost all the nations involved in Afghanistan’s evacuation efforts (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Spain, Italy and more) have ended their operations and withdrawn from the country. The last U.S. military planes left Kabul on Monday, marking the total withdrawal of U.S. forces.

However, when asked about the Biden administration’s commitment to helping Afghan allies, Mohammed told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday evening “AC360”: “I trust him.”

“I trust he can do anything,” Mohammed said of the president. “He’s the president of the United States. He’s an educated man.”

CNN’s Maegan Vazquez contributed to this report.

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