Biden vows to evacuate thousands of interpreters before Afghanistan pullout

Biden: those who helped US are not going to be left behind'

Operation expected to include up to 50,000 people

Joe Biden has vowed that Afghans who helped the US military are not going to be left behind" as his administration stepped up planning to evacuate thousands of Afghan interpreters while their applications for US entry are processed.

Planning has accelerated in recent days to relocate the Afghans and their families to other countries before the US military completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to officials.