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Reuters: Days before Trump said he would help Afghan evacuees who fled their country and were stuck in the UAE, the Emirati government had already begun returning them to Afghanistan and informed Washington that it was doing so, according to an internal State Department cable.
Trump pledged to save Afghans. But UAE had already sent some evacuees back, cable shows. https://t.co/BBLQbSG1TC
🔊 'We're talking about more than 30 people who have been in this Abu Dhabi facility known as Emirates Humanitarian City, for many, many years.' Listen to @humeyra_pamuk on the Afghans Trump pledged to save from a return to Taliban rule https://t.co/d2fFpYogUC
An internal U.S. State Department cable reveals that the United Arab Emirates had already begun returning Afghan evacuees to Afghanistan days before President Donald Trump publicly pledged to assist those stranded in the UAE. The evacuees, numbering more than 30 individuals, had been residing for several years at the Emirates Humanitarian City facility in Abu Dhabi. The Emirati government informed Washington of the repatriations prior to Trump's public commitment to help the evacuees, who fled Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
