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

WASHINGTON—The U.S. estimates it still left driving the bulk of Afghan interpreters and other folks who applied for visas to flee Afghanistan, a senior Point out Section formal explained on Wednesday, despite frantic efforts to evacuate all those at danger of Taliban retribution.

In the early days of the evacuation effort, 1000’s of Afghans crowded Kabul’s airport searching for a way to flee the region. Some created it by way of with no paperwork, when American citizens and visa applicants were being unable to enter and board flights out.