Washington: Around 62,000 translators and other Afghans who submitted an American visa application including those who cooperate with the US military, remain in Afghanistan.
Since the Taliban took the government in Kabul in August, thousands of residents had tried to leave the country for fear of retaliation from the clothes.
Dozens of countries operate flights to evacuate their citizens, diplomatic mission personnel, and related to Afghans abroad.
In the latest Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, the US-based newspaper said that around 33,000 Afghanistan and their family members have gone through the necessary inspection procedures and can be immediately evacuated.
29,000 others from those who want to go are in the early stages of the application process, designed to examine employment history and their connections or to terrorist organizations, WSJ said quoting the State Department official.
The US currently operates several flights a week, depending on weather and other conditions at Kabul Airport, which is still in part.
This is the first time the US State Department revealed the exact number of Afghanistan which was eligible to be evacuated since August, according to the report.
Afghanistan hopes to fly away from Afghanistan for the deteriorating economic situation in Afghanistan, WSJ said.
More than 60,000 Afghan translators, US visa applicants remain in Afghanistan: Reports
