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The Afghan War was America’s longest war, the Afghan War spanned four Republican and Democratic presidential administrations. – Jamie Raskin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Nor can I assure you that the Taliban are not diverting the money we are sending from the intended recipients, which are the poor Afghan people, i would just say, I have n’t seen a starving Taliban fighter on TV, they all seem to be fat, dumb, and happy. – John Sopko	Found on CNN 1 year ago
So far, the Taliban’s actions have forced over one million school-aged Afghan girls and young women out of the classroom, with more women out of universities and countless Afghan women out of the workforce. These numbers will only grow as time goes on, worsening the country’s already dire economic and humanitarian crises. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Taliban’s most recent edicts ban women from universities and from working with NGOs, and further the Taliban’s previous measures that closed secondary schools to girls and limit the ability of women and girls to participate in the Afghan society and economy, through these decisions, the Taliban have again shown their disregard for the welfare of the Afghan people. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Right now, we’re kind of going back and forth between CBP – I’m asking CBP to release their detainer and actually issue him an OAR parole (an immigration status for Afghan migrants), which is what the United States issues to most Afghans that they brought in because I think that’s the right thing to do in this case, however, if they don’t do that, he’ll be transferred to ICE custody, and we’ll be trying to get him released from ICE. – Jennifer Cervantes	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This impacts every Afghan the US brought here under parole status who still has family in Afghanistan eligible for reunification. Afghans who fit that description should complete the form now and Afghans in other categories should visit the family reunification landing page and follow the instructions there, it took longer to get this done than anyone would have liked, but #AfghanEvac is proud to have worked tirelessly with the State Department to bridge the gap in the interim through our grassroots efforts. – Shawn VanDiver	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In terms of natural resources, Afghanistan is a wealthy nation. In addition to other minerals, oil is the wealth of the Afghan people on which the economy of the country can rely. – Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar	Found on CNN 1 year ago
By May 2022, there was a backlog of 61,888 principal Afghan SIV applicants in process with an additional 325,000 unopened emails in the SIV application email inbox. – The OIG report	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The border situation on the southern border is a totally different situation than Afghan refugees. It’s total arrogance for the state to assume they can send migrants to the suburbs around Chicago. – Gary Grasso	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We do not see recapitalization of the Afghan central bank as a near-term option. – Tom West	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We are thrilled Peter is coming home. Thanks to the Afghan administration for releasing him. – Hassina Syed	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think we should have an inspector general, we have one out there and overseeing Afghan waste. He's been very good at it. You don't have to wait for an appointment. He's got a team up and running. And I think that's what we should do. – Rand Paul	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There were times when we felt like there was no hope of getting our allies through the gate, then I would get a message from the Ukrainians saying they found a path and guided them to safety -- including Fatema's family, we were supporting thousands of Afghan Allies and by far the majority who made it to safety could breathe a sigh of relief due to the bravery and skill of our Ukraine friends. – Alex Cornell du Houx	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The decision by the Taliban, if it is not swiftly reversed, will profoundly harm the Afghan people, the country’s prospects for economic growth and the Taliban’s ambition to improve their relations with the international community. – Mahbouba Seraj	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Similarly, there are a lot of other people, such as the Syrian people and the Afghan people, for whom the international community has failed to render justice. – Sheikh Tamim	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I'm suggesting the system has failed miserably and advocates to change the system like she was advocating would destroy our ability to protect this country, look at the frigging Afghan government it's made up former detainees at Gitmo. – Lindsey Graham	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We started Dynamo in my living room in kind of in response to the Afghanistan evacuation. I'm an Afghan vet. Most of my team are Afghan vets, or at least combat vets. We knew that we could help I knew that we could help. – Bryan Stern	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's not a foregone conclusion, in my professional military estimate, that the Taliban automatically win and Kabul falls, or any of those kind of dire predictions, there's a significant military capability in the Afghan government, and we have to see how this plays out. – Mark Milley	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The relevant agencies ought to rapidly implement the OIG’s recommendations, congress should not even begin to considerproposals related tosweepingimmigrationstatus changes for evacuees,such as an Afghan Adjustment Act,until theBiden administration, at the very least,guarantees the integrity ofand fully responds to long-standing congressional oversight requests regardingthe vettingand evacuee resettlementprocess. – Chuck Grassley	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Those of us who have worked on Afghanistan know that just because they send their own daughters to school in Doha doesn't mean that they think that the rest of Afghan women should be allowed to get an education. – Ambassador Currie	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have Brigadier Generals in the Afghan National Army. We have female journalists that have been persecuted. We've got several that young Hazara girls who are targeted to be war brides, young war brides, and we've been able to get all of them to safety to this point. And they're getting ready to make that final jump, i've got the family, the mother and father of an active duty U.S. Marine that is part of this group. We've got famous Afghan media personalities. – Matt Nelson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are requesting them to unfreeze Afghan assets and not punish ordinary Afghans because of the political discourse, because of the starvation, because of the deadly winter, I think it’s time for the international community to support Afghans, not punish them because of their political disputes. – The Taliban	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The need for liquidity and stabilization of the banking system is now urgent -- not only to save the lives of the Afghan people but also to enable humanitarian organizations to respond. – Martin Griffiths	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are looking intensely at ways to put more liquidity into the Afghan economy, to get more money into people's pockets, and doing that with international institutions, with other countries and partners, trying to put in place the right mechanisms to do that in a way that doesn't directly benefit the Taliban but does go directly to the people, we're very conscious of the fact that there is an incredibly difficult humanitarian situation right now, one that could get worse as winter sets in. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 2 years ago

The Afghan War was America’s longest war, the Afghan War spanned four Republican and Democratic presidential administrations.

– Jamie Raskin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Nor can I assure you that the Taliban are not diverting the money we are sending from the intended recipients, which are the poor Afghan people, i would just say, I have n’t seen a starving Taliban fighter on TV, they all seem to be fat, dumb, and happy.

– John Sopko

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So far, the Taliban’s actions have forced over one million school-aged Afghan girls and young women out of the classroom, with more women out of universities and countless Afghan women out of the workforce. These numbers will only grow as time goes on, worsening the country’s already dire economic and humanitarian crises.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Taliban’s most recent edicts ban women from universities and from working with NGOs, and further the Taliban’s previous measures that closed secondary schools to girls and limit the ability of women and girls to participate in the Afghan society and economy, through these decisions, the Taliban have again shown their disregard for the welfare of the Afghan people.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Right now, we’re kind of going back and forth between CBP – I’m asking CBP to release their detainer and actually issue him an OAR parole (an immigration status for Afghan migrants), which is what the United States issues to most Afghans that they brought in because I think that’s the right thing to do in this case, however, if they don’t do that, he’ll be transferred to ICE custody, and we’ll be trying to get him released from ICE.

– Jennifer Cervantes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This impacts every Afghan the US brought here under parole status who still has family in Afghanistan eligible for reunification. Afghans who fit that description should complete the form now and Afghans in other categories should visit the family reunification landing page and follow the instructions there, it took longer to get this done than anyone would have liked, but #AfghanEvac is proud to have worked tirelessly with the State Department to bridge the gap in the interim through our grassroots efforts.

– Shawn VanDiver

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In terms of natural resources, Afghanistan is a wealthy nation. In addition to other minerals, oil is the wealth of the Afghan people on which the economy of the country can rely.

– Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

By May 2022, there was a backlog of 61,888 principal Afghan SIV applicants in process with an additional 325,000 unopened emails in the SIV application email inbox.

– The OIG report

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The border situation on the southern border is a totally different situation than Afghan refugees. It’s total arrogance for the state to assume they can send migrants to the suburbs around Chicago.

– Gary Grasso

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We do not see recapitalization of the Afghan central bank as a near-term option.

– Tom West

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are thrilled Peter is coming home. Thanks to the Afghan administration for releasing him.

– Hassina Syed

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think we should have an inspector general, we have one out there and overseeing Afghan waste. He's been very good at it. You don't have to wait for an appointment. He's got a team up and running. And I think that's what we should do.

– Rand Paul

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There were times when we felt like there was no hope of getting our allies through the gate, then I would get a message from the Ukrainians saying they found a path and guided them to safety -- including Fatema's family, we were supporting thousands of Afghan Allies and by far the majority who made it to safety could breathe a sigh of relief due to the bravery and skill of our Ukraine friends.

– Alex Cornell du Houx

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The decision by the Taliban, if it is not swiftly reversed, will profoundly harm the Afghan people, the country’s prospects for economic growth and the Taliban’s ambition to improve their relations with the international community.

– Mahbouba Seraj

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

– Sheikh Tamim

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I'm suggesting the system has failed miserably and advocates to change the system like she was advocating would destroy our ability to protect this country, look at the frigging Afghan government it's made up former detainees at Gitmo.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We started Dynamo in my living room in kind of in response to the Afghanistan evacuation. I'm an Afghan vet. Most of my team are Afghan vets, or at least combat vets. We knew that we could help I knew that we could help.

– Bryan Stern

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's not a foregone conclusion, in my professional military estimate, that the Taliban automatically win and Kabul falls, or any of those kind of dire predictions, there's a significant military capability in the Afghan government, and we have to see how this plays out.

– Mark Milley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The relevant agencies ought to rapidly implement the OIG’s recommendations, congress should not even begin to considerproposals related tosweepingimmigrationstatus changes for evacuees,such as an Afghan Adjustment Act,until theBiden administration, at the very least,guarantees the integrity ofand fully responds to long-standing congressional oversight requests regardingthe vettingand evacuee resettlementprocess.

– Chuck Grassley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Those of us who have worked on Afghanistan know that just because they send their own daughters to school in Doha doesn't mean that they think that the rest of Afghan women should be allowed to get an education.

– Ambassador Currie

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have Brigadier Generals in the Afghan National Army. We have female journalists that have been persecuted. We've got several that young Hazara girls who are targeted to be war brides, young war brides, and we've been able to get all of them to safety to this point. And they're getting ready to make that final jump, i've got the family, the mother and father of an active duty U.S. Marine that is part of this group. We've got famous Afghan media personalities.

– Matt Nelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are requesting them to unfreeze Afghan assets and not punish ordinary Afghans because of the political discourse, because of the starvation, because of the deadly winter, I think it’s time for the international community to support Afghans, not punish them because of their political disputes.

– The Taliban

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The need for liquidity and stabilization of the banking system is now urgent -- not only to save the lives of the Afghan people but also to enable humanitarian organizations to respond.

– Martin Griffiths

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are looking intensely at ways to put more liquidity into the Afghan economy, to get more money into people's pockets, and doing that with international institutions, with other countries and partners, trying to put in place the right mechanisms to do that in a way that doesn't directly benefit the Taliban but does go directly to the people, we're very conscious of the fact that there is an incredibly difficult humanitarian situation right now, one that could get worse as winter sets in.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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