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What Next: The Last-Ditch Effort to Get Afghans Out

Slate News
Slate News
Episode • Sep 2, 2021 • 24m

U.S. officials announced the end of the American military presence in Afghanistan this week, but thousands of people desperate to leave — American citizens and Afghans alike — remain in the country. A loose collection of volunteers is working to get them out. 

Guest: Matt Pelak, soldier in the Army National Guard and veteran of the war in Iraq.

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