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The Biden administration is expanding a group of Afghans who can obtain refugee status and flee to the United States to escape the growing threat of the Taliban across Afghanistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday.

Armed groups are taking control of the samongkon districts. across the country more and more As this war-torn country is shaken dangerously against the collapse of a civil war in full force.

But while President Joe Biden is committed to helping Afghans who have helped the US military and diplomatic missions in the country over the past 20 years, the new policy will only apply to Afghans traveling out of the country and It will take at least a year over… the case must be taken according to a senior State Department official – although the risks to these Afghans are urgent.

Biden's administration has launched relocation flights for thousands of Afghans working as interpreters, guides and other contractors. and applying for special immigrant visas - a total of about 20,000 applicants, a foreign ministry spokesman said. Although only a small minority will be emigrated … by the United States.