The three former leaders support a new coalition of advocacy groups, businesses, to help Afghan people based in the US.
Three former U.S. leaders – Republican George W Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – have joined forces behind a new group aimed at helping Afghan refugees living in the United States follow the recent expulsion of the United States.
Former U.S. leaders and their wives have taken part in the Welcome.US, a coalition of support groups, U.S. businesses and other leaders set up on Tuesday, Welcome.US said in a statement.
The agreement says it will help dozens of Afghans fleeing their country as part of Biden’s management to promote stability in the United States by mobilizing donors and volunteers.
Many of the refugees said they would have been in danger if they had remained in Afghanistan under Taliban rule after working with US military personnel and allies or with US and international organizations for 20 years of war.
Bush launched the war in Afghanistan in 2001, following the September 11 protests in New York and Washington, DC. The war continued under President Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, until the US withdrew on August 31.
“Thousands of Afghan people have stood by us in the war to protect the country, and now they want our help. We are proud to help Welcome. in the words. “We plan to show our new friends in Afghanistan and around the world how a spirit of hospitality and generosity forms the basis of what makes our country a success.”
Representatives of Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, could not be reached for comment by Reuters news agency.
The council also benefits from more than 280 individuals and organizations, including U.S. businesses such as Microsoft Corp, Starbucks Corp, CVS Health Corp and AirBnB Inc, as well as many nonprofit organizations, militant organizations and humanitarian organizations.
Several current Republican and Democratic governors as well as former governors and mayors have also been affected, as well as Afghan and American journalist Khaled Hosseini and US Secretary of State Stanley McCrystal, who led US and NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2009-2010. A number of US officials and local leaders have said they have welcomed refugees into their region, although migration remains a problem in the country.
Dozens of refugees have been deported from Afghanistan in recent weeks as a result of a series of high-profile shootings. strong opposition. Congress members have been questioning United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken about their removal Monday and Tuesday.
Republicans say they are concerned that Afghans arriving in the US have not gone to security and that some may be undocumented.
Democratic Presidential President Joe Biden is working to crack down on 50,000 refugees in military bases in the United States. Some remain at the US airport terminal, and most of the survivors are located outside the US airport. Meanwhile, flights from Afghanistan to the United States have been suspended between a a measles outbreak.
Biden personally linked former Wololky ambassador, who had previously worked with Bush and Obama, to support their establishment by the White House and the National Security Council.
Former Republican President Donald Trump – who was not re-elected to Biden and criticized his successors in Trump’s alliance with the Taliban – was not named as part of Welcome.US. Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter, 96, who has had a number of setbacks in recent years, has not been re-registered.