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Re:Special Report: Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as ... by yojo on Sunday July 11, 2021 @11:59AM (#27801894)
There was a program in place to allow (some of) the Afghani helping the US to immigrate. It is just moving a lot slower than the troop withdrawal, leaving them to die.

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/19/1004991965/afghan-interpreter...

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Re:Special Report: Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as ... by nate_meurer on Sunday July 11, 2021 @01:02PM (#27802571)
We did the same damn thing last time when we fought a shadow war there against the soviets. Many historians credit America's abandonment of our Mujahideen allies with the rise of both the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
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Re:Special Report: Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as ... by effingwewt on Monday July 12, 2021 @11:00AM (#27810960)
Shame. I kept thinking the US feels so different from when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. But maybe it hasn't, I have. Instead of being proud to be an American, all I've felt for years now, is shame. Shit like this is why.
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