US to lift Afghan visa limit under Biden, Congress deal
Washington DC, US Reuters US President Joe Biden’s administration has reached a compromise deal with Republicans in House of Representatives to lift the number of resettlement visas for Afghans who worked for the United States, US lawmakers said on Tuesday. The congressionally-authorised limit of 38,500 Special Immigration Visas (SIVs), which offer a path to US […]
Biden Afghanistan report mostly blames Trump for chaotic US withdrawal
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday released a summary of classified reports that mostly blamed the chaotic August, 2021, US pullout from Afghanistan on his predecessor, Donald Trump, for failing to plan for the withdrawal he had agreed on with the Taliban. The Democratic administration’s summary, drawn from top-secret State Department […]
Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving but unclear why
Kabul, AfghanistanAP At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday, with conflicting accounts emerging about why the flights weren’t able to take off as pressure ramps up on the United States to help […]