Since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, some American veterans have been scrambling to help their Afghan allies escape the collapsing country. Though some have succeeded, most have not.
Eric Terashima stands with an interpreter, an Afghan Army Colonel, and some Afghan children in a 2010 photograph.
“Anytime anybody got injured… Afghans are very expressive emotionally. They were literally crying as we were evacuating our casualties. That's how much it hurt them personally. That brings a closeness when you're working together for nine months, as long as I was there,” Terashima said. A few months before the U.S. pullout, Terashima heard from his former interpreter Manzoor, whose full name we’re withholding because he fears for his relatives' safety in Afghanistan.
“A lot of my friends who are still over there don’t have the means to support themselves,” Terashima said. “They're contacting me telling me that they're basically starving. I'm not going to let my friends starve, so I’m sending them money.” Over the last several years, Staffieri has helped Afghans navigate the special immigrant visa application process. She works alongside many veterans in that effort. Staffieri said some of them didn’t understand how difficult and time consuming the process could be.
“Whether it's the SIV program or the refugee program, these are supposed to be life saving immigration pathways, and they are anything but,” said Chris Purdy of Veterans for American Ideals and Outreach.
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