(Just The News)—President Donald Trump’s administration has struck a deal with the United Arab Emirates to stop the forced deportation of several Afghan interpreters and soldiers who assisted the U.S. military before they could be handed over to the Taliban this month, and is now beginning the process of vetting them for long-term and safe homes, officials told Just the News on Monday.
The extraordinary intervention by Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles came after Just the News highlighted the plight of the Afghan allies of the U.S. military in a story Sunday and Trump put out a statement on social media declaring “I will try to save them, starting right now.”
The rushed effort was the latest effort by the Trump administration to resolve issues still looming from Joe Biden’s disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan that left American and allies in peril. UAE had been hosting the Afghan military refugee for four years but had begun discussing a forced repatriation back to the Taliban, officials said.
Wiles and Rubio began working on the matter Saturday when reports surfaced that the Afghan interpreters and soldiers were in danger of being forcibly deported to the Taliban, and Trump asked Vance to take lead on Sunday, officials told Just the News.
Within hours, the team had secured an agreement with the UAE to keep the Afghan allies safely in the emirates until the State Department could vet them for possible entry to the United States or another Western safe haven, officials said.
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