Donald Trump initially supported bringing fleeing Afghan civilians to the US. Now the former president has really changed his tune.
Former US president Donald Trump has suggested thousands of “terrorists” are among the Afghans who have been evacuated from Kabul in return for helping American forces.
According to the Pentagon, 64,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan so far, including American citizens and personnel representing NATO and other allied nations.
But the bulk of evacuees are vulnerable Afghans deemed eligible for Special Immigrant Visas, which were set up to protect people who risked their lives working with US troops, and were employed either by or on behalf of the US government.
These people are under threat from the Taliban. The militant group promised that Afghans who helped the US and other NATO forces would be “forgiven”, but it has already started to hunt them down, threatening their families should they refuse to turn themselves in.