The Biden admin. says it is working to secure safe passage for more than 500 Afghan reporters and their families working for Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded media outlets in Kabul
Representatives of the broadcasters had repeatedly raised concerns about the safety of their journalists, and senior administration officials had reassured managers at the news outlets that the Afghan reporters and their families would be given priority for evacuation, said Jamie Fly, president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
"I urge the Biden administration to move expeditiously to work with partners to establish safe passage routes out of the country for all who wish to take them and ensure that the Taliban allows them to do so," Fly said. "Hundreds of those who are left are particularly vulnerable to being targeted by the Taliban, including our woman journalists and a number of reporters who are highly visible and who, along with their families, have received specific threats from militant groups in recent months," Chao wrote.
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