Four years ago, an Afghan translator known as “Hafez” charged into enemy fire to help U.S. Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer rescue wounded American servicemembers during one of the most famous battles in the Afghanistan war.
Meyer received the Medal of Honor for his courage in the battle of Ganjgal—the first living Marine to receive the honor since the Vietnam war.
But Meyer says his friend Hafez is still waiting to receive a U.S. visa he applied for years ago. The former translator remains in Afghanistan under daily threat from the Taliban while his application is caught in the bureaucratic limbo of the State Department.
“He stood next to me, by my side pretty much the entire time [during the Battle of Ganjgal],” Meyer, 25, said in an interview with the Washington Free Beacon on Monday. “He helped me carry my guys out.”
“If we can’t help get this guy back who sacrificed so much to bring these Americans home, I’m sure he’ll be killed,” he said.
Hafez (a pseudonym to protect his identity) applied for a visa over three years ago, according to Bing West, the co-author of Meyer’s book Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War.
“The Taliban are looking for Hafez because he killed several of them in the Ganjigal fight,” West told the Free Beacon.
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, signed off on Hafez’s application. The visa was also green-lighted by U.S. Embassy officials in Kabul, said West. The application then went to the U.S. State Department’s visa department for “vetting,” according to West, where it has remained ever since.Read the full story HERE and listen to a related video below:
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3 comments:
This is an OUTRAGE. Illegals showing up at our borders with BOGUS claims for asylum. And an Afghan who if American would probably be wearing a Medal of Honor himself for rescuing American soldiers Can't get a damn visa after years of waiting. the State Dept needs to move their ass on this one before it's to late for this hero and his family and HIS BLOOD will be on their hands.
Bosman, they don't want to, or they would. Black is white these days. Very depressing.
-Martha
I heard Dennis Prager talking about this the other day. Apparently, there are more such people out out there. Maybe the state department is afraid they will come here and vote Republican, lol. I agree, this is a nat'l disgrace.
AZ
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