Biden’s Afghan Evacuations Begin With First Flight to U.S.
- More than 200 former translators, others travel to Virginia
- About 2,500 people are slated to be relocated to U.S. so far
President Joe Biden announced in April that he intended to withdraw all U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan before Sept. 11.
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The Biden administration’s first evacuation flight for Afghans who aided American and other coalition forces has arrived in the U.S., as the administration steps up efforts to relocate interpreters, other military assistants and their families ahead of a final troop withdrawal.
The plane, carrying more than 200 people, landed at Fort Lee in Virginia, where passengers were to undergo health screenings and further processing of their Special Immigrant Visas.