{"id":606943,"date":"2021-07-30T14:25:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606943"},"modified":"2021-07-30T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:25:13","slug":"secy-blinken-discussions-underway-to-possibly-host-afghan-interpreters-in-kuwait-no-deal-reached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-blinken-discussions-underway-to-possibly-host-afghan-interpreters-in-kuwait-no-deal-reached\/","title":{"rendered":"Secy. Blinken: Discussions underway to possibly host Afghan interpreters in Kuwait, no deal reached"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fsecy-blinken-discussions-underway-to-possibly-host-afghan-interpreters-in-kuwait-no-deal-reached%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=606943&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--><h5><\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_2476013\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2476013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah elbow bump each other during a press conference at Kuwait\u2019s foreign ministry headquarters in Kuwait City on July 29, 2021. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:11 AM PT \u2013 Friday, July 30, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The U.S. has continued its talks with Kuwait to house Afghans who have been threatened by the Taliban. However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken failed to announce whether interpreters who helped American troops in Afghanistan would be coming to Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting with Kuwait\u2019s foreign affairs minister on Thursday, Blinken said they were discussing the possibility of housing as many as 4,000 Afghans on U.S. military installments located in Kuwait, but a deal has not yet been reached. Afghan allies said they are worried about a bureaucratic nightmare as thousands attempt to obtain immigrant visa\u2019s deemed to be protected due to their cooperation with the U.S. Despite an agreement yet finalized, Kuwait recognized the U.S.\u2019s role in keeping them safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States has proven time and time again its commitment to the security of Kuwait and the region. Throughout the six decades there are lots of times that the U.S. sought action and total commitment,\u201d said Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, Kuwait\u2019s foreign minister.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My Kuwait visit underscores an ironclad friendship that has only grown stronger over decades. At a time of intense global challenges, it\u2019s more important than ever to collaborate with our close partners. Kuwait is one of those partners. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NjKeZjikbK\">pic.twitter.com\/NjKeZjikbK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1421089902402408455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. has protected Kuwait since 1990 and has now requested the ally country temporarily house the Afghans that assisted the U.S. during the war. The need for housing comes as Afghan interpreters, guides and other contractors who served alongside the U.S. military are facing threats from the Taliban, as U.S. troops have been withdrawn from the country. Additionally, Blinken said some of the roughly 20,000 interpreters and allies from Afghanistan would be on their way to the U.S. soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States is committed to helping those who helped us during our time in Afghanistan over the last 20 years. And indeed, we\u2019ve had very brave Afghans who have stood with us, with our soldiers, with our diplomats, mostly as translators and interpreters, and as a result of that service, benefit from the possibility of securing a visa to come live in the United States,\u201d said Blinken. \u201cWe\u2019re actively engaged in that process and notably in relocation planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, the Biden administration has approved about 750 Afghans and their family members that have already passed security clearances to be brought to the U.S., generating a total of 2,500. During their talk, Blinken and Kuwait\u2019s foreign minister also reportedly discussed the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity and Kuwaiti students in the U.S.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/white-house-deputy-press-secy-jean-pierre-wont-rule-out-new-covid-lockdowns-cites-cdc-guidance\/\">White House Deputy Press Secy. Jean-Pierre Won\u2019t Rule Out New COVID Lockdowns, Cites CDC Guidance<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah elbow bump each other during a press conference at Kuwait\u2019s foreign ministry headquarters in Kuwait &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606943","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\/606943","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606943\/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=606943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}