More Than 60,000 Interpreters, Visa Applicants Remain in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON—More than sixty,000 Afghan interpreters and some others who have applied for visas to search for shelter in the U.S. following functioning alongside American forces nevertheless continue to be in Afghanistan, a Point out Office official said Thursday.

About 33,000 Afghans, together with principal applicants and their people, have presently cleared the extra-onerous vetting prerequisites and could be suitable for immediate evacuation. This is the 1st time that the Point out Office has delivered a selection on all those left behind given that the Afghanistan authorities collapsed this summer season.