{"id":1278362,"date":"2022-02-07T07:21:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T12:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1278362"},"modified":"2022-02-07T12:22:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:22:49","slug":"finally-interpreter-who-helped-biden-escape-afghanistan-reaches-u-s-5-months-after-military-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/finally-interpreter-who-helped-biden-escape-afghanistan-reaches-u-s-5-months-after-military-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally: Interpreter Who Helped Biden Escape Afghanistan Reaches U.S. 5 Months After Military Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffinally-interpreter-who-helped-biden-escape-afghanistan-reaches-u-s-5-months-after-military-departure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1278362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design-18-copy-3-2-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Afghan interpreter who helped President Joe Biden escape from Afghanistan in 2008 has finally reached safety in the U.S. five months after America\u2019s military departure.<\/p>\n<p>Interpreter Mohammad Aman Khalili appeared on \u201cFox &amp; Friends First\u201d on Monday along with Brian Genthe, a U.S. military veteran who helped him escape.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andy Vermaut shares:Interpreter who helped Joe Biden escape Afghanistan arrives in U.S.: &#8216;I&#8217;m totally free&#8217;: The Afghan interpreter who helped then-Senator Joe Biden escape\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sAl9rVQp3m\">https:\/\/t.co\/sAl9rVQp3m<\/a> Thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThankYouJournalistsForTheNewsWeGetFromYou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThankYouJournalistsForTheNewsWeGetFromYou<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndyVermautThanksYou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AndyVermautThanksYou<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFCBLnAe3u\">pic.twitter.com\/hFCBLnAe3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Vermaut (@AndyVermaut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyVermaut\/status\/1490707081015357444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt was a long trip as a start from the north of Afghanistan, right to the border of Pakistan,\u201d Khalili said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took me a long, long time. It was very scary on the roads because it was new power, a new changing situation in Afghanistan. The Taliban were on the roads, and they were checking and watching, as everybody is to find out their opponent and arrest them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former interpreter Mohammad Aman Khalili, who helped Joe Biden escape Afghanistan, and Brian Genthe, a Purple Heart veteran who helped secure his departure, joined &#8216;Fox &amp; Friends First&#8217; to discuss how he was able to flee the Taliban-controlled nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mYAiuFAeAK\">https:\/\/t.co\/mYAiuFAeAK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Todd Piro (@ToddPiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToddPiro\/status\/1490688520943509505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Khalili served as a member of the team that helped rescue then-Sen. Biden and other senators after the group\u2019s Black Hawk helicopter was forced to land due to bad weather in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Khalili, along with his wife and five children, were rescued by U.S. military aircraft in Islamabad, Pakistan, concluding a months-long journey, Safi Rauf, Founder of the Human First Coalition reported in October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2021\/10\/11\/afghan-interpreter-who-helped-rescue-biden-in-2008-himself-rescued\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the Military Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Human First Coalition, according to Rauf, moved Khalili and his family from Mazar-E-Sharif to Kabul and then to Helmand province. From there, the Khalili and his family were able to slip across the Pakistani border and on to Islamabad, where a U.S. military fight emanating from Qatar waited,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>The interpreter sent a message to Biden through The Wall Street Journal on August 31 from Afghanistan on the last day of America\u2019s military presence in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello Mr. President: Save me and my family,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/afghan-interpreter-who-helped-rescue-biden-in-2008-left-behind-after-u-s-exit-11630429285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cDon\u2019t forget me here.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mohammad Aman Khalili, Afghan interpreter who helped <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnKerry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnKerry<\/a> &amp; Hagel in 2008, successfully exited Afghanistan along with his wife &amp; children after weeks in hiding after being abandoned by Biden. <\/p>\n<p>WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eaSMDF3s2m\">https:\/\/t.co\/eaSMDF3s2m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe (@9Joe9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9Joe9\/status\/1447612351906258944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The interview is a reminder of the intense chaos that occurred in Afghanistan in August 2021 as the Taliban regained power and the U.S. sought to evacuate Americans and Afghan refugees. The U.S. also lost 13 military service members during an explosion outside of the Kabul airport from a suicide bomber.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-official-declares-we-safely-and-effectively-drew-down-in-afghanistan-despite-13-dead-u-s-troops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\"><em>The 13 troops were murdered by a terrorist who was freed from Bagram prison after U.S. forces abandoned the area amidst Biden\u2019s orders to pull out of the country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\"><em>\u201cSenior Indian intelligence sources familiar with the case have told Firstpost that he was handed over to the United States\u2019 Central Intelligence Agency by the Research and Analysis Wing in September 2017,\u201d Firstpost&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/india\/kabul-airport-suicide-attacker-was-freed-by-taliban-after-four-years-in-cia-custody-for-new-delhi-terror-plot-9976961.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cHowever, the jihadist walked free on 15 August along with thousands of other dangerous terrorists held in the high-security prison, taking advantage of the chaos that ensued in the aftermath of the United State\u2019s hurried exit and the Taliban\u2019s swift takeover of the entire country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\"><em>Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said in an interview late last week that the U.S. had lost virtually all of its capability to track Islamic terrorists in al-Qaeda and other organizations inside Afghanistan after Biden\u2019s pullout from the country.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, up to several thousand Americans were left behind in Afghanistan at the time. A vast array of U.S. military equipment was also abandoned to the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration authorized a drone attack in response to the suicide bombing. The failed strike instead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-pentagon-review-recommends-no-disciplinary-action-after-drone-strike-killed-7-afghan-kids-report-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hit<\/a> an Afghan family, killing 10 people, including seven children.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Afghan interpreter who helped President Joe Biden escape from Afghanistan in 2008 has finally reached safety in the U.S. five months after America\u2019s military departure.Interpreter Mohammad Aman Khalili appeared &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1278362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1278362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1278362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1278362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1278362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}