5,000 troops are being sent to Afghanistan to evacuate U.S. Diplomats and Afghan allies.
WASHINGTON — People with ties to Afghanistan are pleading to President Joe Biden to step in and help as hundreds of people protested Saturday afternoon outside the White House.
The protest was hours after President Biden authorized an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan, raising to roughly 5,000 the number of U.S. troops to evacuate U.S. diplomats and Afghan allies.
“We want Mr. President to hear and to act immediately, we want him to act now because Afghanistan is in a tragedy and we want him to stop the Taliban,” Azahullah Zalmay said.
Zalmay lives in Northern Virginia but his home country is Afghanistan.
He said it’s been hard to watch what’s happening from 7,000 miles away.
“To be honest I am dying,” Zalmay said. “Since last night I haven’t slept yet. I couldn’t sleep. It’s a tragedy for my people. I can’t sleep.”
Source: Protest outside White House as Taliban seizes Afghan cities | wusa9.com
