Texas Rep. Michael McCaul expressed concerns over the situation Afghan partners still to be evacuated face amid a looming deadline to withdraw all forces from Kabul’s airport. McCaul, the highest-ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said during a bipartisan press conference on Wednesday, the United States has a “moral obligation” to ensure the evacuation of Afghan interpreters and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants as he highlighted the threats these people are likely facing by the Taliban terrorist group. “The Taliban will let American citizens in, but if they see Afghan interpreters that have their SIV applications, sometimes they’re turned away,” McCaul said. “Sometimes, more grimly, they are returned to their homes, where they behead their family and then behead them.” “Our Afghan partners and interpreters who served with our special forces put their life on the line—we have a moral obligation to save them,” the lawmaker said. Last …
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