What Next: The Last-Ditch Effort to Get Afghans Out

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🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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U.S. officials announced the end of the American military presence in Afghanistan this week, but thousands of people desperate to leave — American citizens and Afghans alike — remain in the country. A loose collection of volunteers is working to get them out. Guest: Matt Pelak, soldier in the Army National Guard and veteran of the war in Iraq. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.4	Good afternoon, everyone.
0:36.8	I'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan
0:40.5	in the end of the military mission
0:41.9	to evacuate American citizens.
0:44.0	This week, the head of the US Central Command
0:46.7	announced that the US militaries
0:48.7	withdrawal from Afghanistan was complete
0:51.7	and curious what your action about announcement was.
0:54.4	I mean, the reaction was sort of BS, right?
1:00.4	Matt P. Lack is an army veteran
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