Following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the United States evacuated 24,000 Afghan citizens. The announcement was made by Secretary of State, Antony Blinken during the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Department of State and a non-profit organization Afghan Evac, Sputnik reports.
Blinken stressed that since the beginning of the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan, a total of 97,000 Afghan individuals have been resettled in the United States. However, the situation is far from over, and the aforementioned memorandum aims to facilitate coordination between government agencies and volunteers in their joint efforts.
With the Taliban currently being under UN sanctions for its involvement in terrorist activities, the signing of the MOU document will serve as a testament to the commitment of the United States to provide assistance to Afghan citizens affected by the recent developments in their country.
#AfghanEvac is a coalition of over 200 organizations collaborating with the U.S. Government to assist in relocating Afghan individuals. The State Department will acknowledge and commemorate the exceptional and continuous contributions of the numerous volunteers within the #AfghanEvac coalition, with many of them attending. These volunteers hail from every state in the U.S. and encompass a diverse range of Americans.
Among the 97,000 relocated Afghani individuals to the United States there are Afghans who are going to school, who are starting new jobs, and who are settling into their communities. In his speech at the signing Blinken said:
“The next generation of Americans, of our renewal, of our country, of our future – most of us in this room are Americans by accident of birth; they are Americans by choice and they will be our future as well"
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