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Afghanistan, the interpreter who helped Biden in 2008 is safe

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The Afghan interpreter who rescued the American president thirteen years ago has been evacuated from Pakistan Joe Biden, then a senator, forced by a snowstorm to make an emergency landing in Afghanistan. At the end of August, Aman Khalili he had asked to return the favor and help his family to escape from the country conquered by the Taliban. He, his wife and four children were in danger of being killed by the Coranci students because of his work which labeled him as a collaborator of the Americans. Despite this, at the end of the US evacuation plan on August 31, they were among the thousands left in the country.

Afghanistan, the appeal of the interpreter who helped Biden in 2008: “Save me and my family”

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Khalili had told the English newspaper Wall Street Journal than its visa application was blocked because the company he worked for had lost the documents he needed. Then the Taliban took Kabul on August 15 and, like many, tried his luck by going to the gates of the capital’s airport where he was pushed back by US forces. Khalili, who for security reasons had been nicknamed Mohammed, could enter, they told him, but not his wife and their children. “I trust he can do everything. He is the president of the United States. He is an educated man,” said the interpreter confident that Biden would heed his appeal.

In a note from the Human First Coalition, the Human First Coalition, which is dealing with the safety of the Americans and their allies who remained in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of US forces, we read: “We are grateful for the continued support of the first minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, of the secretary of state Antony Blink, of the congressman Jeff Fortenberry, of the senator Chris Coon and the Director of the Task Force Islamabad Mark Terkowski for the evacuation from Islamabad of the family of Aman Khalili, the interpreter of President Joe Biden and for their promise to evacuate the remaining 200 people who remain in Islamabad. “And a senior State Department official confirmed to the US broadcaster Cnn that the family first left Afghanistan and now Pakistan, adding that they are aware that their visa application was rejected years ago and that they are working “to expedite the prosecution”.

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In August, the White House spokesperson Jen Psaki he praised the interpreter and reaffirmed the US commitment to help Afghan allies. “We will get you out- he said after a reporter from the Wall Street Journal he had read the message to the president – We will honor your service. “

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