What Next: The Afghans Who Couldn’t Get Out

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🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The rapid collapse of the Afghan government has left tens of thousands of people struggling to leave their country. Afghans who helped U.S. forces were promised a life in the states, but many of them have been mired in paperwork as they try to obtain their visas. What hope do they have now that they’ll be able to leave before an expected Taliban crackdown? Guest: Ahmadullah Sediqi of No One Left Behind, a group trying to secure visas for Afghan and Iraqi interpreters who worked for the U.S. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.1	I first spoke with Amadilis Sidiqi last week.
0:36.5	And when I cut him on the line, one of the first questions I had was simple.
0:40.4	I wondered how he, an Afghan national, thought an American drawdown in Afghanistan, might
0:47.2	go.
0:48.2	I just wondered if he'd pictured it in his head.
0:51.3	It turned out he hadn't.
0:53.1	I couldn't imagine how they know that would happen.
0:55.9	You couldn't imagine the Americans leaving.
0:58.2	No.
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