Majority of Interpreters, Other U.S. Visa Applicants Were Left Behind in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON—The U.S. estimates it still left powering the the greater part of Afghan interpreters and other people who applied for visas to flee Afghanistan, a senior Point out Department formal mentioned on Wednesday, inspite of frantic efforts to evacuate all those at threat of Taliban retribution.

In the early days of the evacuation hard work, hundreds of Afghans crowded Kabul’s airport trying to get a way to flee the place. Some built it as a result of without paperwork, while American citizens and visa applicants had been not able to enter and board flights out.