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Biden Administration Denies It Gave American Names To The Taliban. Afghan Students Say They Did And Now ‘There Is No Getting Out’

“They told us: we have given your names to the Taliban,” a 24-year-old sophomore named Hosay told the Times. “We are all terrified, there is no evacuation, there is no getting out.”

Ben Johnson
Biden Administration Denies It Gave American Names To The Taliban. Afghan Students Say They Did And Now ‘There Is No Getting Out’
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Biden administration officials took to the airwaves this weekend to deny a report that U.S. officials handed the names of American citizens and Afghans who worked with U.S. forces over to the Taliban, even as evidence mounts that they did.

CNN’s Jake Tapper questioned National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan about passing on the names of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants, or SIVs, to hostile forces in the Taliban. “I understand the U.S. has relied upon the Taliban for this evacuation process,” Tapper said. “But with all due respect, a lot of these Afghan SIVs … think the Taliban’s going to kill them — and you’ve given them a list of their names.”

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