Hunted by the Taliban, U.S.-Allied Afghan Forces Are in Hiding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : It was shared internally at the United Nations and seen by The New York Times.
53% : The document, dated Wednesday, was provided to the United Nations by the Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, a group that provides intelligence information to agencies of the global organization.
52% : The letter, dated Aug. 16, was reproduced in the confidential report for the United Nations, though the official's name and title were redacted.
49% : Columns of Afghan soldiers in armored vehicles and pickup trucks sped through the desert to reach Iran.
43% : The militants are threatening to arrest or punish family members if they cannot find the people they are seeking, according to former Afghan officials, a confidential report prepared for the United Nations, and American veterans who have been contacted by desperate Afghans who served alongside them.
40% : Dozens of Afghan pilots escaped to Uzbekistan, where 22 planes and 24 helicopters carrying nearly 600 men arrived on Sunday, according to Uzbek officials; an unknown number made it to Iran, former Afghan officials said.

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