Matt Zeller says ‘digital Dunkirk’ comprised of ‘hundreds of thousands’ of people helping Afghan interpreters flee country
A network of “hundreds of thousands” of people, including analysts using satellite imagery to locate Taliban checkpoints surrounding the Kabul airport, are coordinating to evacuate Afghan interpreters from the country, an Afghanistan war veteran and member of the coalition told Fox News.
These interpreters, now targeted by the Taliban, were essential U.S. allies during the Afghanistan war and played roles much larger than simply acting as translators, according to Matt Zeller. The Biden administration has faced fierce criticism that the U.S. hasn’t made their evacuation more of a priority.
“These people that we’re talking about … they were our eyes and ears on the battlefield,” Zeller told Fox News. He said they’d hear Taliban communications ordering fighters to shoot the interpreters first.