Afghanistan, Feb. 10 -- A coalition of U.S. veterans has written a letter to the U.S. Secretaries of State, Homeland Security, and Defense, urging the resumption of resettlement for qualified Afghan refugees. They called for Afghan refugees to be exempt from Trump's executive order suspending refugee admissions.
Reuters reported on Monday, February 10, that Shawn Vandiver, head of the AfghanEvac, wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In it, he warned that not resettling Afghan allies could damage future local support for U.S. forces in future conflicts.
Vandiver argued in the letter that failing to exempt Afghan refugees from Trump's executive order sends a damaging message to adversaries, including ISIS, by implying that...