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Interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 snowstorm flees Afghanistan
An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Joe Biden after his helicopter made an emergency landing during a snowstorm in 2008, when he was a senator, has escaped Afghanistan with his family.
After the Taliban takeover in August, Aman Khalili remained in hiding for weeks before crossing into Pakistan and then flying on a US government aircraft to Doha, Qatar, where thousands of refugees from Afghanistan are being processed by US officials.
Khalili, his wife and five children had been unable to flee in the emergency airlift after the fall of Kabul, but managed to escape with the help of US military veterans and former Afghan soldiers, the Wall Street Journal reported.
After the Taliban takeover in August, Aman Khalili remained in hiding for weeks before crossing into Pakistan and then flying on a US government aircraft to Doha, Qatar, where thousands of refugees from Afghanistan are being processed by US officials.
Khalili, his wife and five children had been unable to flee in the emergency airlift after the fall of Kabul, but managed to escape with the help of US military veterans and former Afghan soldiers, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Read the rest at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/12/interpreter-aman-khalili-rescue-biden-snowstorm-flees-afghanistan
