“Mina’s final interview at the U.S. Embassy was scheduled for August 31, 2021, and she hoped that, when Joe Biden took office, he would delay the withdrawal to insure Afghans like her a safe way out of the country. Instead, he set a withdrawal deadline of September 11th. ‘Biden was every Afghan’s hope,’ Faqeer wrote to me. ‘I am sure all Afghan American citizens voted for him, but he did worse than Trump. I am sorry to say this :(.’”

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