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Uzbekistan Received US Request to Host Afghans Who Worked For US Military, Source Says

© AFP 2023 / FARSHAD USYANIn this photograph taken on November 30, 2015, an Afghan man watches a ship travel along the Amu River on the border of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, about 75 kms north of Mazar-i-Sharif.
In this photograph taken on November 30, 2015, an Afghan man watches a ship travel along the Amu River on the border of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, about 75 kms north of Mazar-i-Sharif.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.07.2021
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Tashkent has received Washington’s request to host Afghans who helped the United States, a source familiar with the matter told Sputnik on Friday.
"Yes, we have received such a request. But this is a very difficult issue", the source said.
Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that, as the US forces began their withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US presidential administration asked Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan to host about 9,000 Afghans who helped the US troops.
Last week, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration will fly Afghan interpreters to third countries in August where they can wait until their special immigrant visas are approved. They are facing threats from the Taliban* movement for helping US and NATO forces throughout the last 20 years of the war in Afghanistan.
*The Taliban is a terrorist group banned in Russia.
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