KABUL (Pajhwok): The White House and congressional leaders have agreed to grant 12,000 special immigrant visas for Afghan nationals.
The SIV program, which was created in 2009 to give Afghans who served as interpreters for the US military a path to escape threats to their lives, has about 7,000 visas remaining of the 38,500 Congress has previously approved over the years.
"The White House and Congressional leaders have agreed to grant 12,000 Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan nationals who assisted the United States," McCaul announced during a hearing, adding it would be in the State Department . . .
