Those we left behind

A virtual underground railroad working to free at-risk Afghans struggles to succeed against U.S. roadblocks

This is an informative article about how many the US government as has left behind and how the actual numbers have been downplayed. Some estimate it is as many as 300,000. Click the red sub title above to read more.

Key quotes from the article:

“This is a refugee crisis the United States is framing as an immigration crisis,” said a former U.S. diplomat who spoke on condition of not being named.

“I think that the State Department is trying to control its press, and it doesn’t want to have to acknowledge the vast numbers of people who have been left behind,” said Atallah. “All this stems from the State Department not declaring a humanitarian disaster. They don’t want to admit responsibility that it was a disaster.”