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LIRS on NPR: Evacuate Our Afghan Allies

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LIRS on NPR: Evacuate Our Afghan Allies

The Biden administration announced Monday that 2,500 Afghans who worked for the U.S. and their families will be evacuated to a military base in Virginia, but thousands of other Afghan allies remain uncertain of their fate once American troops leave the area.

Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, discusses the U.S.’s evacuation and resettlement efforts on NPR’s “Here and Now”

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