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US seeks states to shelter Afghans, Reuters: Albania contacted Kosovo

US seeks states to shelter Afghans, Reuters: Albania contacted Kosovo

Reuters news agency published an article tonight where it writes that the administration of President Joe Biden is looking for allied states that can shelter tens of thousands of Afghan citizens who are leaving the country along with the withdrawal of the army. American, because they are endangered by the new Taliban regime.

Reuters reports that the Biden administration has also contacted the Albanian and Kosovo governments to get some of them, but there is still nothing official, as the agency's sources are confidential and the official authorities of the two countries have refused to comment. .

So far 1,200 Afghans have been evacuated to the US and another 3,500 are awaiting visas. Washington has also tried to communicate with Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, but according to Reuters, the negotiations have been unsuccessful.

In exchange for housing a number of Afghans, the US government is willing to make economic concessions and provide material and diplomatic assistance to the states.

Afghan refugees, estimated at about 80,000, have cooperated in one way or another with US authorities or have a lifestyle that runs counter to Taliban radicalism. Afghanistan reports that Taliban-controlled cities are subject to the execution of all women working in the media or in state functions, and anyone suspected of being a "liberal" or collaborating in any way with Western authorities.

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