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https://www.foxnews.com/world/afghan-allies-trapped-behind-taliban-linesAfghan allies trapped behind Taliban lines turn to prayers and unofficial channels as Aug. 31 deadline nears
Retired Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Rogers is desperately trying to help his former Afghan interpreter reach safety
By Michael Ruiz | Fox News
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Chaos, confusion and terror have marked the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal over the past week, with Americans and Afghan allies pleading for help escaping Taliban-controlled Kabul and uncertainty at the city’s U.S.-held airport.
And with special immigrant visa applicants cut off from escape by Taliban checkpoints, retired Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Rogers told Fox News Tuesday that non-government organizations have been working through unofficial channels to try to help.
"Everyone is p---ed about this even being necessary," he said. "But if the president doesn't want to step up and lead, someone else will."
Last week, Rogers helped raise the alarm that his former U.S.-contracted Afghan interpreter was trapped in Kabul, hiding from the Taliban and hoping to make it out of the country.
In this Aug. 19, 2021, file photo, Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan. After the Taliban takeover, employees of the collapsed government, civil society activists and women are among the at-risk Afghans who have gone into hiding or are staying off the streets. (Associated Press)
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He was still there as of Tuesday, but Rogers said he’s now in touch with non-government sources who heard of his plight and reached out to the retired Marine to try to coordinate an escape.
"It's embarrassing on an international scale that we are even in this situation," Rogers said. "It's insulting to not even have a number of Americans left to get out."
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it had evacuated roughly 4,000 American passport holders and their families and expected to transport more in the coming days. But it remains unclear exactly how many Americans are still in the country – and there are tens of thousands of SIV applicants and refugees whom the Taliban does not seem inclined to let leave.
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"During a meeting this morning with the G-7 leaders, the president conveyed that our mission in Kabul will end based on the achievement of our objectives," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in an afternoon news briefing. "He confirmed we are currently on pace to finish by Aug. 31 and provided an update on progress in evacuating Americans who want to come home, third-country nationals, and Afghans who were our allies during the war."
"He also made clear that with each day of operations on the ground, we have added risk to our troops with increasing threats from ISIS-K, and that completion of the mission by Aug. 31 depends on continued coordination with the Taliban, including continued access for evacuees to the airport," she added. "In addition, the president has asked the Pentagon and the State Department for contingency plans to adjust the timeline should that become necessary."
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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said that after Aug. 31, the Taliban "won’t let Afghans be taken out" of the country on evacuation flights. And he said that the Taliban were already not allowing Afghan nationals to pass through checkpoints on their way to the U.S.-held airport.
Although the Taliban has claimed it is offering "amnesty" to Afghans who worked with U.S. and NATO forces during the past 20 years of war, sources in Kabul tell Fox News that militants are going door to door, seeking out high-level Afghan officials, interpreters and foreigners, killing them or dragging them away to unknown locations.
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Last week, Rogers’ interpreter said three former Afghan National Army officers were found in their hideout, captured and hanged. And another former military contractor in the United Kingdom told Fox News Saturday that two of his Afghan colleagues had been killed in a two-day span.
Rogers shared a text message exchange Tuesday summing up the situation:
"Let’s pray for good days," the interpreter wrote.
A few lines down, Rogers responded with a prayer.
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"Lord I pray a blessing of grace and guidance for all who are stuck in the grand conflict," he wrote. "I pray you watch over your flock and pave a way for Americans and friends like [name withheld for safety concerns] from behind enemy lines. Amen."
The interpreter, who is not being identified due to concerns about his safety, was still in hiding in Kabul on Tuesday.
But he warned Rogers in another message, "They are still searching for us and government officials."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Michael Ruiz is a U.S. and World Reporter for Fox News.
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SNAFubar
1 minute ago
All access to the airport in Kabul has been stopped by the Taliban. It's over Joe!
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eagledown
1 minute ago
Biden said during a July 8 press conference....the likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. But yet our military and intelligence all told him that the Taliban had been surging since May and that this outcome was very likely
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arkey
2 minutes ago
Why are we not seeing anything form the ground but only these interviews, just watched Skynews where Biden is being cited as the reason for the August 31 date.
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InterMirifica
55 seconds ago
Replying to arkey
They only want you to see what they want you to see.
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SNAFubar
2 minutes ago
Haitians are now arriving by the boat load into Florida. Thanks Joe!
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dontpokeme
3 minutes ago
Biden has 17 other countries desperately trying to get their own people out, all because Joe wanted to pat himself on the back for the withdraw by the anniversary of 9/11.
POLITICS did this...
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InterMirifica
3 minutes ago
Kids, Yes I mean you mouth breathing snot nosed kids. If you do not know what you are talking about, please just stay off the feed. Your just being a pain and immature.
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31716days
5 minutes ago
If I were Biden, I’d extend the date to 9/11 for the optics.
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tedhoffman
40 seconds ago
Replying to 31716days
He already tried that. The Taliban felt emboldened to advance once Joe issued an extension in violation of the original agreement.
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johne37179
1 minute ago
Replying to 31716days
If I were Biden, I'd extend the date until we got everyone out.
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DemocratPartyisaDemonicCult
6 minutes ago
Vote for a clown, expect a circus.
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arkey
6 minutes ago
Too bad the Trumpster in Georgia lost the Republican seat in the Senate by splitting the vote between his egocentric self and the Republican incumbent, With a Republican's majority in the Senate these days would look entirely different
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johninflorida252
28 seconds ago
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What is wrong with you? Get lost.
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InterMirifica
5 minutes ago
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What are you even talking about? Go away son! You bother me.
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btcusn
7 minutes ago
If they put the same effort into the withdrawal as they did in finding the January 6th participants, we'd be fine.
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