With the withdrawal of the U.S. military from Afghanistan, the Biden administration has responded to the growing concern that local people who have cooperated as interpreters may be retaliated by insurgents. In addition, they have announced additional steps to accept these people as refugees.
The U.S. Biden administration has begun to issue special immigrant visas to local people who have cooperated with the U.S. military as interpreters in Afghanistan, aiming to complete the withdrawal of military troops by the end of August. increase.
However, the U.S. Department of State will accept these people as refugees on the 2nd, as there are cases where they have been in the military for a short period of time or have worked in the U.S. media or NGOs and do not meet the visa requirements. Announced measures.
In Afghanistan, with the withdrawal of the U.S. military, there is growing concern that local people who have cooperated as interpreters will be retaliated by the rebel Taliban, and Secretary of State Blinken said at a press conference, "We are We have a special responsibility to those who have cooperated, "he emphasized the significance of the additional measures.
However, in order to be applied to this measure, it is necessary to leave Afghanistan, where the battle between the government forces and the Taliban continues, to a third country on its own, and it is expected that it will take more than a year from the application for application to the completion of the procedure. Some domestic media have questioned its effectiveness.