end of this month. roughly $20000.00 death guns have signed up for a special immigrant visas. adam weinstein, as a former us marine, he went to ghana, stan in 2012. he says the african personnel were crucial to the mission, and the u. s. must ensure their safety. they acted both as linguistic interpreters but also as. busy a cultural bridge between the u. s. patrols in other countries patrolling and follow on and the local communities that were being patrol. so i would say they were absolutely crucial to to the mission. i don't think, i don't think a lot of the mission crew gone forward without, without their help, in terms of their identity being discovered and their families being targeted. that was a risk that day that they were burdened with that. frankly, us soldiers and marines didn't carry with us. and now that risk is even greater, especially for the former interpreters who live in provincial cities. we have to remember that they don't all live in cobble. they also live in provinces, some of which are under the control of the taliban, or surrounded by the taliban. so i think the risk

let's explore this with adam weinstein, who's a research fellow at the quincy institute for responsible stayed craft. he's an expert and i've got this done where he also served as a us marine joins us from washington. welcome to dw, let's start with the big question. then pulling us troops out of afghanistan, regardless of the conditions on the ground, was the right decision. well, i think conditions based withdraw would have inevitably left us troops on the ground indefinitely. so it was the right call because it recognizes the reality that the only solution to the worn off cornerstone is a political settlement and that cannot be imposed by foreign troops. and when do you think in that 20 years that realisation finally, san can well, i think among some parts of government and certainly outside of government, the realization think in years and years ago. but i think both the president trump for president biden recognized the pulse of the country in the united states was that they didn't want to see an extension to us military involvement in this war. and i think the slow progress and, a

let's explore this with adam weinstein, who's a research fellow at the quincy institute for responsible stayed craft. he's an expert on, i've got this done where he also served as a us marine. he joins us from washington. welcome to dw, let's start with the, the big question then pulling us troops out of afghanistan, regardless of the conditions on the ground, was the right decision. well, i think conditions based withdraw would have inevitably left us troops on the ground indefinitely. so it was the right call because it recognizes the reality that the only solution to the war in afghanistan is a political settlement. and that cannot be imposed by foreign troops. and when do you think in that 20 years that realisation finally sank in well, i think among some parts of government and certainly outside of government, the realization think in years and years ago. but i think both the president trump for president buy it and recognize the pulse of the country in the united states was that they didn't want to see an extension to us military involvement in this war. and i think the slow progr

ah, all right, let's bring in our guests in new york, adam weinstein. a research fellow at the quincy institute for responsible state craft. in couple ours who marry a former translator for the u. s. army in afghan. stan and in london, william petty, a former british ambassador to afghan, to stand a warm welcome to you all and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. are you let me start with you. where do things stand right now when it comes to the application for yourself and your family with regard to the special immigrant visa and just how much of a threat do you and your family face at this time? i really appreciate. thank you so much for your question. i would like to say that i have served alongside the or use government for 5 years. and i have applied for a special emigrant visa on 2017. and at that, it has been really long time, which i'm waiting to get the approval. and actually it's not easy for us to work alongside with the foreigners and afghans on especially for the female into budget . fortunately, i had this chance to center

while adam weinstein, as a former us marine who went to afghan, is done in 2012. he's our research fellow specializing in the region and he joins us from new york. so thank you so much for joining us here on our jazeera now. obviously, when you were in a canister back in 2012, you would have worked with some interpreters, i guess one here is that word, they would think of the slee linguistic help for us forces, but what was their role? what did they bring to to the forces their well, thanks for having me. they acted both as linguistic interpreters but also as a cultural bridge between the u. s. patrols in other countries patrolling and follow on and the local communities that were being patrol. so they, they were also acting as cultural advisors. they were helping, in some sense, keep, keep us troops safe by being the, here's to the ground, so to speak. so it was much more than simple language translation. and how key would you say that they were to the forces that they worked with? i would say they are absolutely crucial to, to the mission. i don't think. i don't

let's explore this with adam weinstein, who's a research fellow at the quincy institute for responsible stayed craft. he's an expert on, i've got this done where he also served as a us marine. he joins us from washington. welcome to dw, let's start with the, the big question then pulling us troops out of afghanistan, regardless of the conditions on the ground. was that the right decision? well, i think conditions based withdraw would have inevitably left us troops on the ground indefinitely. so it was the right call because it recognizes the reality that the only solution to the worn off cornerstone is a political settlement and that cannot be imposed by foreign troops. and when do you think in that 20 years that realisation finally san k. well, i think among some parts of government and certainly outside of government, the realization think in years and years ago. but i think both president trump for president biden recognized the pulse of the country in the united states was that they didn't want to see an extension to us military involvement in this war. and i think the slow progress