By Tyler Durden
Republican Congressional leaders are still, over four months after the chaotic and deadly US troop exit from Afghanistan, trying to press the Biden administration on why it won’t initiate efforts to get the remainder of local Afghan allies out of the country. Specifically there’s been growing concern over an estimated 20,000 Afghan commandos who had been trained and advised by US special forces, and often did the bulk of the counter-terrorism fighting during the final years of the US war in Afghanistan. This includes thousands of interpreters who helped the Pentagon, risking their lives. Now, there’s a feeling in Washington that the administration is simply ready to abandon them, hoping no one notices or makes too much noise about it.
One recent Fox News report introduces, “While the administration boasts it evacuated over 120,000 Afghansâa majority were not Afghan interpreters or their families, officials say.” Recall that the White House previously vowed to help America’s partners on the ground to escape, but “some lawmakers and veterans say the government has no plans to rescue perhaps the most critical ally: Afghan commandos. A group built from scratch by U.S. Special Operations Forces.”…
