Washington is awash in lists. For Afghans trying to escape Taliban rule, being on the right one can mean the difference between life and death.
Washington is awash in lists. And for the countless Afghans trying to escape Taliban rule, being on the right one can mean the difference between life and death.
The numerous lists, compiled by everyone from veterans groups and human-rights organizations to the State Department and Pentagon include scores of American citizens, green-card holders and thousands of at-risk Afghans who didn’t make it out of Kabul by late August, when the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan.
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