An Afghan American interpreter pleaded for help Friday getting his family out of his birth country following the Taliban’s takeover.
“I have put 20-plus family members at risk,” he said. “I want you to allow me to save, if there is someone hearing, what we are going through.”
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The man, whose identity was concealed for safety, said he has bled with American service members and doesn’t want his family to go through the same.
“I have faced with death several times,” he told CNN. “There are scars, injuries, in my body that’s obvious and that speak to what kind of rough situation I’ve been through. Now, do you think I deserve this? Do my family deserve to go through that kind of situation?”
Afghan-American interpreter pleads to get his family out
“I am an American. This is families of America. It’s American family. We lost the battle. We lost the war, we lost the politicians but we should not lose moral. We should show to the world that we have morals.” pic.twitter.com/g06VGYm3vc
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He said his family has spent close to eight hours every day trying to get through the airport in Kabul at considerable risk to their lives — to no avail.
“I take this very, very personally,” he said. “I only have the chance to come here and speak, but there are thousands and thousands of American allies, Afghan, that do not even have the chance to express their pain.”
He said the situation and threat are a shame.
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“I became an American because America is value. America is ethic. America is dignity. America is generosity,” he said. “This is not what America is. Let me, allow me to pass my message to the entire world.”
