Afghan interpreters left behind to translate cries for help
This could be interpreted as a bad decision.
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By Bad Lawyer
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration defended leaving roughly 26,000 Afghan interpreters behind as the Afghan government falls to the Taliban as a strategic decision on Monday, with officials claiming the failure to evacuate translators was not an oversight but rather a deliberate move due to an ongoing need for translation of cries for he…
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