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Afghanistan Project Exodus

U.S. Embassy employee left behind in Afghanistan gets to America

EXCLUSIVE: The SIV hiding from the Taliban is now safe in Virginia

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Emily Miller
Aug 11, 2022
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For the past year, I’ve been reporting on an Afghan man who had worked in the U.S. Embassy visa consular office in Kabul and was left behind during Pres. Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Bakdash* was forced into hiding from the Taliban.

Now, I have happy news to report. He has made it to America.

“Bakdash” on the National Mall, in front of …
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