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Early on, we realized that we were building things in Afghanistan that the Afghans didn’t need, didn’t want, didn’t even know they were getting and couldn’t sustain, we have to make certain we go into Ukraine and listen to the Ukrainians on what they need, what they want, what they can sustain. – John Sopko	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Taliban cannot expect the respect and support of the international community until they respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Afghans, including women and girls. – 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
Once screened and cleared, we will welcome these Afghans, who helped us in the war effort over the last 20 years, to their new home in the United States of America, because that's who we are. That's what United States of America is. – President Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Some Afghans's said a nation is judged on how it treats its most vulnerable residents. These are some of the most vulnerable members of our community. – Zainab Chaudry	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is absolutely heartbreaking what is happening in Afghanistan, it's the first thing I think about when I wake up. It's the last thing I think about before I go to bed. As you say there are millions of Afghans suffering and in many ways, they're suffering, not for decisions they made but for decisions that others made. – Tom West	Found on CNN 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
We have continued as well to do what we can to support Afghans to whom we have a special commitment, and that includes those who fall within the category of the [ Special Immigrant Visas ], we are looking at alternatives to processing for the larger cohort within this category knowing that, even though our presence on the ground in Afghanistan is no more, we are doing what we can from other posts and looking at creative solutions to continue our efforts to safely relocate those individuals who wish to depart the country. – Ned Price	Found on CNN 2 years ago
While our state is ready to welcome those Afghans who put their lives on the line to serve our country, the Biden administration owes it to publicly inform states like Tennessee before resettling evacuees into our communities. – Marsha Blackburn	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's easy to say, ‘Oh, we should just cut off the Taliban, cut off this country from the world,’ but we're fast approaching a point where we need to recognize that despite being a loathsome, rights-abusing regime, we're going to have to do business with these folks if we want to help the people we care about and help the Afghans who have gotten stuck behind. – John Sifton	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We will continue to help Americans -- and Afghans to whom we have a special commitment -- depart Afghanistan if they choose, just as we've done in other countries where we've evacuated our embassy, there's no deadline to this mission. – State Anthony Blinken	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is just the beginning. I expect the Armed Services Committee will have many hearings and briefings on the topic. The American people, our service members past and present, our allies and partners around the world and the Afghans who bravely helped us deserve this transparency and accountability. We have a lot of questions, and we’re going to keep asking for hearings until we have all the answers. – Jim Inhofe	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Getting Americans out of Afghanistan was always the aim of the Afghans. That's why they put suicide vests on their bodies, getting [Americans] out now is a big victory achievement for Afghans. You'd also be proud if your heroes kicked out invaders from your land. – Sirajuddin Haqqani	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What we did was, you know, that team of teams thing, it makes a lot of sense, we recognized that what we needed to do was to make as many connections, as many relevant connections as we could remotely with the different components that would help these at-risk Afghans move through the various challenges along the way. – Scott Mann	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
My expectation is we will have a breakdown of the numbers of people who left Afghanistan, including not just American citizens, but green card holders, SIV applicants, SIV visa holders, Afghans at risk, those eligible for P-1 and P-2 visas, all of that will be forthcoming in the days and weeks ahead as we're able to break down the numbers. – Antony Blinken	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think the fact that we will have evacuated tens of thousands of at-risk Afghans -- the vast majority of the 124,000 individuals will fall into this category -- I think speaks to our ability to keep our commitment to the individuals who have worked with us. – Ned Price	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Joe Biden callously played on America’s sympathies for a small core of Afghans who worked closely in difficult conditions with American troops – left all those people nearly in Afghanistan – and then in their stead brought over 100,000 randomly selected Afghan nationals. – Stephen Miller	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We've worked intensely to evacuate and relocate Afghans who worked alongside us, and are at particular risk of reprisal. We've gotten many out, but many are still there. We will keep working to help them. Our commitment to them has no deadline. – Frank McKenzie	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In our analysis of online platforms commonly used by anti-government white supremacist and other domestic violent extremist organizations and groups, we are seeing several narrative trends emerge having to do with concerns [about] the relocation of Afghans to the United States. – John Cohen	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I would add that intelligence, law enforcement and counterterrorism professionals are conducting screening and security vetting for all SIV [ special immigrant visa ] and others, vulnerable Afghans, before they are allowed to enter into the United States, these agencies are surging resources to evaluate all of these evacuees to ensure protection of the homeland. – Hank Taylor	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He said it was heartbreaking to see so many Afghans trying to leave like that, i know that because this is an ongoing crisis, the rules are changing every day. He had mentioned that he has a passport for which I think will be beneficial for potentially bringing him here. But if he can’t get to America, I’m looking into seeing if he can come to the UK or any other country in the EU. – Mariam Farzayee	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Our team in Doha and our military partners on the ground in Kabul are engaging directly with the Taliban to make clear that we expect them to allow all American citizens, all third-country nationals, and all Afghans who wish to leave to do so safely and without harassment. – Wendy Sherman	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They stood shoulder by shoulder with the Americans to achieve their mission, now it’s America’s time to stand shoulder by shoulder with Afghans who worked with them, who risked their lives. – Besmellah Khuram	Found on Reuters 2 years ago

Early on, we realized that we were building things in Afghanistan that the Afghans didn’t need, didn’t want, didn’t even know they were getting and couldn’t sustain, we have to make certain we go into Ukraine and listen to the Ukrainians on what they need, what they want, what they can sustain.

– John Sopko

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Taliban cannot expect the respect and support of the international community until they respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Afghans, including women and girls.

– 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

Once screened and cleared, we will welcome these Afghans, who helped us in the war effort over the last 20 years, to their new home in the United States of America, because that's who we are. That's what United States of America is.

– President Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Some Afghans's said a nation is judged on how it treats its most vulnerable residents. These are some of the most vulnerable members of our community.

– Zainab Chaudry

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is absolutely heartbreaking what is happening in Afghanistan, it's the first thing I think about when I wake up. It's the last thing I think about before I go to bed. As you say there are millions of Afghans suffering and in many ways, they're suffering, not for decisions they made but for decisions that others made.

– Tom West

Found on CNN
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

We have continued as well to do what we can to support Afghans to whom we have a special commitment, and that includes those who fall within the category of the [ Special Immigrant Visas ], we are looking at alternatives to processing for the larger cohort within this category knowing that, even though our presence on the ground in Afghanistan is no more, we are doing what we can from other posts and looking at creative solutions to continue our efforts to safely relocate those individuals who wish to depart the country.

– Ned Price

Found on CNN
2 years ago

While our state is ready to welcome those Afghans who put their lives on the line to serve our country, the Biden administration owes it to publicly inform states like Tennessee before resettling evacuees into our communities.

– Marsha Blackburn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's easy to say, ‘Oh, we should just cut off the Taliban, cut off this country from the world,’ but we're fast approaching a point where we need to recognize that despite being a loathsome, rights-abusing regime, we're going to have to do business with these folks if we want to help the people we care about and help the Afghans who have gotten stuck behind.

– John Sifton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We will continue to help Americans -- and Afghans to whom we have a special commitment -- depart Afghanistan if they choose, just as we've done in other countries where we've evacuated our embassy, there's no deadline to this mission.

– State Anthony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is just the beginning. I expect the Armed Services Committee will have many hearings and briefings on the topic. The American people, our service members past and present, our allies and partners around the world and the Afghans who bravely helped us deserve this transparency and accountability. We have a lot of questions, and we’re going to keep asking for hearings until we have all the answers.

– Jim Inhofe

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Getting Americans out of Afghanistan was always the aim of the Afghans. That's why they put suicide vests on their bodies, getting [Americans] out now is a big victory achievement for Afghans. You'd also be proud if your heroes kicked out invaders from your land.

– Sirajuddin Haqqani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What we did was, you know, that team of teams thing, it makes a lot of sense, we recognized that what we needed to do was to make as many connections, as many relevant connections as we could remotely with the different components that would help these at-risk Afghans move through the various challenges along the way.

– Scott Mann

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My expectation is we will have a breakdown of the numbers of people who left Afghanistan, including not just American citizens, but green card holders, SIV applicants, SIV visa holders, Afghans at risk, those eligible for P-1 and P-2 visas, all of that will be forthcoming in the days and weeks ahead as we're able to break down the numbers.

– Antony Blinken

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think the fact that we will have evacuated tens of thousands of at-risk Afghans -- the vast majority of the 124,000 individuals will fall into this category -- I think speaks to our ability to keep our commitment to the individuals who have worked with us.

– Ned Price

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Joe Biden callously played on America’s sympathies for a small core of Afghans who worked closely in difficult conditions with American troops – left all those people nearly in Afghanistan – and then in their stead brought over 100,000 randomly selected Afghan nationals.

– Stephen Miller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We've worked intensely to evacuate and relocate Afghans who worked alongside us, and are at particular risk of reprisal. We've gotten many out, but many are still there. We will keep working to help them. Our commitment to them has no deadline.

– Frank McKenzie

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In our analysis of online platforms commonly used by anti-government white supremacist and other domestic violent extremist organizations and groups, we are seeing several narrative trends emerge having to do with concerns [about] the relocation of Afghans to the United States.

– John Cohen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I would add that intelligence, law enforcement and counterterrorism professionals are conducting screening and security vetting for all SIV [ special immigrant visa ] and others, vulnerable Afghans, before they are allowed to enter into the United States, these agencies are surging resources to evaluate all of these evacuees to ensure protection of the homeland.

– Hank Taylor

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He said it was heartbreaking to see so many Afghans trying to leave like that, i know that because this is an ongoing crisis, the rules are changing every day. He had mentioned that he has a passport for which I think will be beneficial for potentially bringing him here. But if he can’t get to America, I’m looking into seeing if he can come to the UK or any other country in the EU.

– Mariam Farzayee

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Our team in Doha and our military partners on the ground in Kabul are engaging directly with the Taliban to make clear that we expect them to allow all American citizens, all third-country nationals, and all Afghans who wish to leave to do so safely and without harassment.

– Wendy Sherman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They stood shoulder by shoulder with the Americans to achieve their mission, now it’s America’s time to stand shoulder by shoulder with Afghans who worked with them, who risked their lives.

– Besmellah Khuram

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

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