Kuwaiti MPs refuse to host Afghan translators

SANAA, Aug.01 (YPA) – A number of Kuwaiti parliamentarians expressed their refusal to host Afghan translators who worked with the US army, and the process of evacuating them from their homeland began, fearing a possible retaliation from the “Taliban” movement against them.

Kuwaiti MPs justified their refusal on several grounds, including national and strategic security, and the demographic structure of the Gulf country, whose officials have always emphasized working to modify the imbalance in the demographic structure.

Kuwaiti elites and movements also announced their rejection of this American trend.

On Thursday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a joint press conference with his Kuwaiti counterpart Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah that the issue of transferring Afghan translators was raised during his meetings in Kuwait.

US officials confirmed a few days ago that the US military is “ready to house up to 35,000 Afghan translators and their family members at two US bases in Kuwait and Qatar, to protect them from possible retaliation from Taliban fighters making progress across Afghanistan,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

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