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Asas was the procurement officer for the U.S. military base built around Jalalabad Airport.
He is now procuring safety and evacuation for 150 of his Afghans colleagues who were left behind by the America government.
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He is now procuring safety and evacuation for 150 of his Afghans colleagues who were left behind by the America government.
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Asas’s List: The Afghan Protecting 150 U.S. Air Base SIV from Taliban
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My exclusive story on them: emilypostnews.com/p/asass-list-t…
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Everyone on Asas's list worked at the U.S. Forward Operating Base Fenty around the Jalalabad Airport.
Over the past weekend, the Taliban showed it is back in control of Jalalabad Airport, and the first commercial flights in 20 years landed.
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Over the past weekend, the Taliban showed it is back in control of Jalalabad Airport, and the first commercial flights in 20 years landed.
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Read this comment in the exodus online community from an Afghan:
“It's even making us frustrated, depressed that the US government leave us behind, we are those who proudly worked along with the Americans allies here in Afghanistan.”
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“It's even making us frustrated, depressed that the US government leave us behind, we are those who proudly worked along with the Americans allies here in Afghanistan.”
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“Like I have worked, days shifts, nights shifts, on the weekends at the US Embassy Kabul”
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“I was mostly at my workplace in the Embassy coz I was kinda good in English, all those Americans know and understand me, how hard I was working, but now we are abandoned behind, it's really sad and disappointing. Really sad.”
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“A new baby was born today in a hospital, but I can’t go to the hospital because of Taliban checkpoints,” he emailed.
The former @USAID analyst didn’t see his son until his wife returned to the basement they’ve been hiding since US withdrawal.
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The former @USAID analyst didn’t see his son until his wife returned to the basement they’ve been hiding since US withdrawal.
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Newborn in a Basement: Father Beaten by Taliban for Working for @USAID in Afghanistan
Begs for @StateDept P-1 visa and private group charter evacuation
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Begs for @StateDept P-1 visa and private group charter evacuation
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He was financial analyst in @USAID Office of Economics Growth in Afghanistan, which is why the Taliban is after him.
He was captured & beaten in 2019. The Taliban member who assaulted him was put in Bagram prison, but got out in Aug. Now the terrorist is hunting him.
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He was captured & beaten in 2019. The Taliban member who assaulted him was put in Bagram prison, but got out in Aug. Now the terrorist is hunting him.
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U.S. Breaks Promise: Afghanistan's 2021 Diversity Immigration Visa Lottery Winners Expire Sept. 30
The Taliban calls them the 'Sharia lottery'
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The Taliban calls them the 'Sharia lottery'
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The US has a lottery every year to give a chance to people around the world to come to America.
Our government has broken its promise to the 2,000 winners from Afghanistan this year.
Their 2021 visa expires Sept. 30.
Our government has broken its promise to the 2,000 winners from Afghanistan this year.
Their 2021 visa expires Sept. 30.
I’ve been emailing with the 2021 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV) winners who are desperate not to lose their chance to live in America.
They are terrified because they protested in public at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul over the summer and now the Taliban is after them.
They are terrified because they protested in public at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul over the summer and now the Taliban is after them.
"I am a former combat interpreter. I have photos and videos from my duty with @USArmy that show I did a good job for them in a very bad situation. I was injured."
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"I have applied for SIV and emailed every organization but no one responded to me. They don't care about our lives and our sacrifices with the Americans. So please help me and my family."
- combat interpreter
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- combat interpreter
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"My father was killed by the Taliban. The Taliban have captured my brother, searched my home many time in the last weeks... I face many dangers during escape and change my place every day."
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"Here in Afghanistan, journalists are being beaten and threatened with death every day. There is no more freedom of speech."
-Journalist @mohammad_momand with @ShamshadTV_ TV
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-Journalist @mohammad_momand with @ShamshadTV_ TV
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"I am an Afghan journalist...Reporting here is as hard as walking on a minefield."
--Journalist @mohammad_momand with @ShamshadTV_ TV
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--Journalist @mohammad_momand with @ShamshadTV_ TV
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"Thousands of Afghan journalists and media workers fled to the U.S. But hundreds of journalists who have worked in the media for years and are in serious danger are still at large and could be attacked at any moment."
--Journalist @mohammad_momand
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--Journalist @mohammad_momand
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“I am former staff member of the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. I'm left behind and now in Kabul, under serious security threats, and going through the hardest times of my life.”
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“I used to work as Visa Assistant at the Consular Section. Due to my employment with the US Embassy, I am exposed to a lot of people as I had to interact with hundreds of visa applicants daily at the consular interviewing windows.”
ahem @StateDept ☝️
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ahem @StateDept ☝️
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“On Aug 24th, during the USG evacuation from the country, I and my wife attempted to get into the airport to be evacuated and escape from the Taliban but unfortunately the Americans did not let us in.”
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USAID employee is #AbandonedinAghanistan
"I have been working with @USAID for 2.6 years faithfully & paid high cost for being USG... Taliban have taken my family members hostage several times & tried to hunt me during working period by implanting IEDs on way home." thread 1/3
"I have been working with @USAID for 2.6 years faithfully & paid high cost for being USG... Taliban have taken my family members hostage several times & tried to hunt me during working period by implanting IEDs on way home." thread 1/3
"We are experiencing our toughest days our lives with having no proper foods, medicine, cloth and uncertain and dire destiny. This is what we received from USG in lieu of our Faithful services." - SIV applicant 2/3 #AbandonedinAghanistan
"It is moral obligation for all of the American people not forget their allies in bad days." 3/3 #AbandonedinAghanistan
Read @USAID employee's full email here: #EmilyPosts
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Read @USAID employee's full email here: #EmilyPosts
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