Leaving a single Afghani in Afghanistan

[DURHAM D]

means Biden is a failure according to the press.

[CanonRay]

1. A right winger just said that to me

Told him it's 37.3 million. At 20k per day, that's 5-1/2 years. Where do they all go? Some don't want to go. Some are Taliban sympathizers. Morons.

[DURHAM D]

2. Pretty sure your friend didn't want a single new immigrant in his neighborhood.

[dalton99a]

6. +1. Thousands of Afghans who were evacuated had zero documentation

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/world/asia/afghan-refugees-future.html

‘What Will Happen to Me?’ An Uncertain Future Awaits Afghans Who Fled
Tens of thousands clambered onto evacuation planes bound for Qatar. Many are now in limbo in overflowing processing centers, fearful of what comes next.
By Christina Goldbaum and Najim Rahim
Aug. 29, 2021 Updated 1:38 p.m. ET

After the insurgents entered the Afghan capital, Kabul, desperate scrums of people descended on the city’s international airport, where they clambered onto evacuation flights. On landing in Qatar, which has played a key role in evacuation efforts, some Afghans fell to their knees in tears after disembarking, thinking they had arrived in the United States.

In the first few frenzied days under the Taliban, when rumors swirled of American planes transporting Afghans directly to the United States, thousands of people without passports, visas or identification cards flooded Kabul’s airport and were placed on Doha-bound planes.

“It was a panic environment; the Taliban had entered the airport, that’s why we came here,” said Gul, a police officer at Kabul’s airport who was among those flown to Doha.

Gul joined the frenzy, jumping onto four commercial planes — all grounded by the mayhem — before forcing his way onto an American evacuation flight. Even when Americans turned off the air-conditioning and told everyone the plane was broken, no one budged...

Those in line offer a window into the chaotic exit from Kabul: There are shopkeepers whose stores were next to the airport, members of the security forces who abandoned their posts there and employees of Kam Air, an Afghan airline, still in their uniforms after jumping on planes.

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[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Afghani is the name of their currency ... the people are Afghans ... just saying :)

And yeah ... F the M$M

[DURHAM D]

5. I looked it up before I used it. It is not wrong.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. Okay. Well, back when the withdrawal started I googled

"difference between afghan and afghani"

And the results seemed to suggest ... what I said.

If I'm wrong in my interpretation of what came up, so be it

[LanternWaste]

9. I've noticed the almost militant pushback this usage has gotten the past month

It was freely used prior the US evacuation without comment since the US invasion, but suddenly this past summer, it seemed to really excite a small handful.

I don't quite understand why, but then again I probably don't want to know.

[Comfortably_Numb]

4. Yep..true.

[Takket]

7. is the same press that berates him for every person that enters the country from Mexico???

If he supposed to let people in, or keep them out? PLEASE CLARIFY MEDIA

[snowybirdie]

10. Well the Afgans people

are kind of light brown. OK to come, but not any darker brown Western Hemisphere folks.

[WarGamer]

11. Just a pro-tip... a person of Afghanistan is an Afghan.

Common mistake, no big deal... I see our media overlords making the mistake daily.

An Afghni is a unit of their currency...