"We need to get out of the country, they are looking after us," Naveed Mustafa, an interpreter who worked with US and UK forces, told CNN. And despite the Biden administration's announcement in July that it was launching Operation Allies Refuge, questions remain about whether the US government will be able to relocate SIV applicants quickly enough. The interpreter escaped his hometown and traveled in the middle of the night to Kabul, where he is trying to get through the SIV process. As lawmakers and government officials work to get SIV applicants to safety in the US or a third country, nonprofit groups and individuals have also taken it upon themselves to help. "To me, it's the comrade-in-arms and an indelible duty to not betray them," Paine told CNN.

Source: CNN July 30, 2021 09:05 UTC