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  • Aid groups urge U.S. to help Afghan allies "before it's too late"

    10/31/2021 8:09:48 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 20 replies
    CBS News ^ | October 31, 2021 | BY MARGARET BRENNAN, CAMILLA SCHICK
    Washington — Tens of thousands of Afghans who worked alongside the U.S. during two decades of war and reconstruction may be at high risk in Taliban-run Afghanistan, according to a group of international advocacy groups including Amnesty International, Oxfam, Freedom House and nearly 100 other organizations. In a letter to several senior U.S. officials, the groups expressed frustration with the Biden administration's failure to evacuate at-risk Afghans more quickly. "We call on the Biden Administration to prioritize their safe evacuation before it is too late," the letter warned. "Some of these individuals assisted U.S. and allied armed forces. Others worked...