BOSTON, MA - JUNE 15: Afghanistan War Veteran Marc Silvestri, the veterans agent for the City of Revere, right, greets his former interpreter, Sabib Nooristani, as he arrives at Logan Airport after a seven year wait for a US visa on June 15, 2020. A tortuous, years-long odyssey for the former US Army interpreter had ended with a special immigrant visa, a US Embassy flight to America, and a reunion with a combat veteran who had made it his mission to bring Nooristani to the United States. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

FINALLY, First Planeload of Afghans Arrives in The U.S.

July 30, 2021 1943

Afghans who helped US troops, many as translators, have started arriving in the U.S.

They fear retaliation from the Taliban. Already, one translator has been beheaded.

Many of the Afghans had been stalled in bureaucratic paperwork but Biden approved evacuation flights to speed up the process.

Friday the first planeload of over 200 including 57 children and 15 babies arrived.

President Biden called it an ‘important milestone’ for those who served ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with allies in America’s longest war.