{"id":53812,"date":"2021-11-16T02:22:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T02:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/16\/us-urged-to-help-more-people-escape-taliban-led-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:27:40","slug":"us-urged-to-help-more-people-escape-taliban-led-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/16\/us-urged-to-help-more-people-escape-taliban-led-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"US urged to help more people escape Taliban-led Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A coalition of organizations working to evacuate people who could be targeted by the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan appealed Monday for more assistance from the U.S. government and other nations as conditions deteriorate in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/afghanevac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AfghanEvac Coalition <\/a>met in a video call with Secretary of State Antony Blinken to press the case for additional resources to help tens of thousands of people get out of Afghanistan, now faced with a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis in addition to a precarious security situation following&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/newsletters\/breaking-news-alert\/2021\/08\/30\/its-official-the-us-has-no-boots-on-the-ground-in-afghanistan\/\">the U.S. withdrawal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants said afterward they were grateful for what the State Department has done so far, including helping to arrange a series of evacuation flights for U.S. citizens and residents since the withdrawal, but more will be needed in the months ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe State Department doing enough isn\u2019t enough; we need whole of government solutions; we need the international community to step up and we need it quickly,\u201d said Peter Lucier, a former Marine who served in Afghanistan who works with coalition-member Team America. \u201cWinter is coming. There is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/afghanistan-business-kabul-taliban-hunger-ea71e1296f1b3d740c31f8da14b555d8\">a famine already.<\/a>&nbsp;&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private groups, particularly with ties to the veteran community, have played an important role in the evacuation and resettlement of tens of thousands of Afghans since the U.S. ended its longest war and the government fell to the Taliban. Members of the coalition, which includes about 100 organizations, have been working to help people get on the scarce flights out of the country and helping them get settled in communities once they reach the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/11\/10\/dozens-of-troops-family-members-still-in-afghanistan-pentagon-estimates\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21235469399149.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Dozens\u2019 of troops\u2019 family members still in Afghanistan, Pentagon estimates<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Troops with family members still in the country can notify the Pentagon to help coordinate their escape.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Department spokesman Ned Price said the call included discussion of what he called \u201cour collective efforts\u201d to aid visa holders and applicants and to \u201cfacilitate the departure of these individuals who are at a stage where it is appropriate to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 82,000 people have come to the U.S. so far under what the Biden administration calls Operation Allies Welcome. The Department of Homeland Security said 10 percent were American citizens or permanent residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rest were a combination of people who had obtained special immigrant visas, for those who had worked for the U.S. government as interpreters or in some other capacity; people applying for one of the visas but who hadn\u2019t yet received it; or other Afghans who might be vulnerable under the Taliban, such as journalists or government officials, and qualified to come as refugees. Nearly half were children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Monday, DHS said about 46,000 are still being housed at domestic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2021\/09\/03\/us-bases-prepared-to-process-up-to-50000-afghan-evacuees\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. military bases<\/a> until they can be resettled by private refugee organizations around the country. Another 2,600 remain at overseas transit points, dubbed \u201clily pads,\u201d as they undergo security vetting and health screening before coming to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AfghanEvac Coalition has urged the U.S. government to establish more of the \u201clilly pads,\u201d and work with other nations to create more pathways for people to reach safety. It\u2019s unclear how many people need to be evacuated but organizations have estimated the number conservatively in the tens of thousands. Aid agencies said about 300,000 have fled Afghanistan into Iran, including many members of Shiite communities seeking refuge from both the Taliban and attacks by the Islamic State affiliate in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lucier and Shawn VanDiver, a founder of the coalition, said without providing specifics that they raised \u201cspecific stumbling blocks\u201d and \u201cchoke points,\u201d that are preventing people from reaching safety in the U.S. or elsewhere. Both said it will require more time and input from other parts of the government to solve those problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe answers are complex,\u201d Lucier said. \u201cThere are no simple technical fixes to a lot of this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting takes place against a backdrop of intense criticism by some Republicans in Congress, attacking a frantic evacuation, which was set in motion by President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to sign a peace deal with the Taliban and set a withdrawal date, and for what they have alleged is insufficient vetting of refugees. They have also accused the administration of understating the number of American citizens left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote Blinken on Monday seeking interviews with more than 30 State Department officials to address what they called the \u201cmany unanswered questions about the planning \u2013 or lack thereof \u2013 that preceded the drawdown and evacuation.\u201d Those include the number of American citizens and residents still in Afghanistan and mechanisms for continued evacuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5406\" height=\"3276\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21319209266602.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21319209266602.jpg.jpg 5406w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21319209266602.jpg.jpg?resize=300,182 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21319209266602.jpg.jpg?resize=768,465 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21319209266602.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,621 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21319209266602.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,931 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21319209266602.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1241 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5406px) 100vw, 5406px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Afghan women and children refugees living in Indonesia hold posters during a rally outside a building that houses UNHCR representative office in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Hundreds of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers living in Indonesia rallied in front of the U.N. refugee agency office in Jakarta on Monday to urge it to speed up their resettlement. (Achmad Ibrahim\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Monday, the U.S. has assisted the departure of 435 American citizens and 325 permanent residents since Aug. 31, including with some recent flights, Price said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken said Friday that the U.S. has offered the opportunity to leave Afghanistan to all American citizens and permanent residents it has identified as remaining in the country who wish to depart and have appropriate travel documents. Several hundred Americans are reported to still be in Afghanistan, though not all have indicated they want to leave, Biden administration officials have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gulf nation of Qatar has agreed to represent the United States in Taliban-run Afghanistan following the closure of the American Embassy in Kabul and will handle consular services for American citizens in Afghanistan and will deal with routine official communications between Washington and the Taliban government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the AfghanEvac Coalition met in a video call with Secretary of State Antony Blinken to press the case for additional resources to help tens of thousands of people get out of 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