The U.S. has evacuated less than 1% of the 80,000 Afghans who've sought visas under a program intended to help ex-interpreters for U.S. troops.
. At the current pace, it would take about two months to fly out the initial group designated for evacuation, even though U.S. troops depart on Aug. 31.
Amb. Tracey Jacobson, who is overseeing the U.S. evacuation effort, has said her team will continue to work to resettle Afghans even after the departure of American troops. On Friday, 16 veterans organizations representing more than three million members, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Wounded Warrior Project, appealed to President Biden to speed up and expand the evacuation of Afghans who have sought entry to the U.S. under the Special Immigrant Visa program. The visa category was created more than a decade ago to help those who worked for the U.S. military in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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