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The US is “rapidly” making plans to evacuate Afghans who worked for the American military ahead of September’s troop pullout, a top general has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen Mark Milley said a “significant” number of interpreters and other employees could be targeted by Taliban militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As many as 18,000 Afghan nationals have applied for US visas to immigrate to the US under a special programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the scheme has been hit by delays, with applicants waiting for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
shahennews The US is “rapidly” making plans to evacuate Afghans who worked for the American military ahead of September’s troop pullout, a top general has said. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen Mark Milley said a “significant” number of interpreters and other employees could be targeted by Taliban militants. As many as 18,000 Afghan nationals have applied …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[696,361,60,101],"class_list":["post-9621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arab-and-international","tag-afghan-interpreters","tag-american","tag-shahennews-2","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"\n