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Plan to boost visas for Afghan allies isn’t enough, advocates warn
The White House hopes to increase the number of Afghan visas to 20,000 in its fiscal 2024 budget plan.
Informal group of troops, vets, working to help Afghans seeking refuge in US
Taliban control is raising alarms for Afghans and Americans in Kabul.
About 8,000 US troops are deploying to secure evacuations from Kabul
Three thousand are heading to Kabul, with another 3,500 in Kuwait and 1,000 to Qatar.
US to keep about 650 troops in Afghanistan after withdrawal
In addition, several hundred additional U.S. forces will remain at the Kabul airport, potentially until September.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Frustration growing as time runs short to evacuate Afghan allies ahead of US withdrawal
Sen. Angus King wants DOD to lend personnel to the State Department to speed up visa applications.
Leave no Afghan interpreters behind
The authors of this commentary say there is a moral obligation to give Afghan interpreters who aided many American troops the opportunity to begin new lives in the United States.
By Rep. Michael Waltz, Nasirullah "John" Safi and Jason Criss Howk
Banning J-1 au pairs affects military readiness
Putting J-1 visas for au pairs on hold until at least the end of 2020 is devastating news for many working and military families, says the author of this commentary.
By Kelly Finn Störmer