Washington, United States.
an interpreter Afghan who helped rescue fa 13 years at the time senator and now president of the US, Joe Biden, has asked for your help by to leave Afghanistan after the American retreat, In exclusive statements published this Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal.
“Hello sir president: save me and my family, “he said translator, who identified himself as Mohammed.
This man and his four children remain hidden in Afghanistan, where the the Taliban they regained power in mid-August, after attempting give up the country unsuccessfully for a year.
Your application for a special visa per Afghan immigrants, Intended for performers and those who have worked with the U.S. Government, stayed stranded because the American contractor for which he worked lost the documents who supported his request.
He tried, like thousands of compatriots, to enterl Kabul airport in the last few weeks to climb one of the military flights of the US by leave Afghanistan, but he was unlucky: American forces allowed him to pass, however not his wife and children.
Now, according to the newspaper, Muhammad is counted among one of the countless U.S. allies in the U.S. who were left behind after the retreat of the American troops, which concluded Monday.
“Don’t forget me here”, Asked this man to Biden, at the time he claimed to be “very scared” and unable to leave home.
In 2008, Muhammad, then 36, helped rescue Biden and two senators who were traveling in two helicopters Black Falcon of the U.S. Armed Forces who had to carry out a forced landing in a valley, 30 miles from the base of Bagram, due to a snowstorm.
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Faced with a request for help from the crew, Mohammed traveled for hours in a vehicle military Humvee alongside members of the Rapid Reaction Force of the 82nd Airborne Division by rescue them, report to the newspaper Brian Genthe, then a sergeant who participated in the mission.
After the rescue of the senators and his transfer to Bagram, Mohammed remained, beside the American soldiers, in the valley for about 30 hours in the middle of the icy temperatures to ward off the curious, megaphone in hand, of the Black Falcon. EFE