Aman Khalili reaches the USA with his family
I reckon that, like the film 'The Killing Fields', there could be a film made about this one day.
This guy needed his family to be rescued from Afghanistan but for various reasons they could not reach safety, so he took his loved ones 600 miles across Afghanistan to reach Pakistan, and then on to the USA. There must be many thousands of families that deserve asylum in the West ... this is one story that has ended in safety. It reminds me of the true story of Journalist Dith Pran who could not be rescued from the Cambodian Border after Vietnam (although his family were evacuated), who trekked across Cambodia and somehow survived the killing fields of the Kmer Rouge to reach Thailand.
May his comrades all reach safety as well. Here's one report of many..........
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https://nypost.com/2021/10/11/interp...istan-escapes/
An Afghan interpreter who helped in the rescue of then-Sen. Joe Biden in 2008 from a valley in Afghanistan has finally escaped from the Taliban-controlled country after being left behind in initial US evacuations.
Aman Khalili, who was previously identified by his official first name, Mohammed, for security reasons, left Afghanistan and crossed into Pakistan with his family last week, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Khalili and his family spent weeks in hiding following the end of the US troop withdrawal and initial evacuation efforts in August.
While the US had been able to evacuate thousands from the country before the deadline, hundreds of Americans and allies remain in Afghanistan, which is now under the rule of the Taliban.
At the end of August, Khalili made a direct appeal to the president, asking Biden to save him and his family.
“Hello Mr. President: Save me and my family,” he said. “Don’t forget me here.”
Over the past six weeks, US veterans worked alongside former Afghan soldiers and Pakistani allies to get Khalili and his family out. They traveled over 600 miles across Afghanistan to escape.
Brian Genthe, a combat veteran who worked with Khalili in Afghanistan, called the interpreter “a blessing.”
“Aman helped keep me and other Americans safe while we were fighting in Afghanistan, and we wanted to return the favor,” he said.
I reckon that, like the film 'The Killing Fields', there could be a film made about this one day.
This guy needed his family to be rescued from Afghanistan but for various reasons they could not reach safety, so he took his loved ones 600 miles across Afghanistan to reach Pakistan, and then on to the USA. There must be many thousands of families that deserve asylum in the West ... this is one story that has ended in safety. It reminds me of the true story of Journalist Dith Pran who could not be rescued from the Cambodian Border after Vietnam (although his family were evacuated), who trekked across Cambodia and somehow survived the killing fields of the Kmer Rouge to reach Thailand.
May his comrades all reach safety as well. Here's one report of many..........
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https://nypost.com/2021/10/11/interp...istan-escapes/
An Afghan interpreter who helped in the rescue of then-Sen. Joe Biden in 2008 from a valley in Afghanistan has finally escaped from the Taliban-controlled country after being left behind in initial US evacuations.
Aman Khalili, who was previously identified by his official first name, Mohammed, for security reasons, left Afghanistan and crossed into Pakistan with his family last week, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Khalili and his family spent weeks in hiding following the end of the US troop withdrawal and initial evacuation efforts in August.
While the US had been able to evacuate thousands from the country before the deadline, hundreds of Americans and allies remain in Afghanistan, which is now under the rule of the Taliban.
At the end of August, Khalili made a direct appeal to the president, asking Biden to save him and his family.
“Hello Mr. President: Save me and my family,” he said. “Don’t forget me here.”
Over the past six weeks, US veterans worked alongside former Afghan soldiers and Pakistani allies to get Khalili and his family out. They traveled over 600 miles across Afghanistan to escape.
Brian Genthe, a combat veteran who worked with Khalili in Afghanistan, called the interpreter “a blessing.”
“Aman helped keep me and other Americans safe while we were fighting in Afghanistan, and we wanted to return the favor,” he said.
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