WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused.
U.S. officials at intake centers in the United Arab Emirates and in Wisconsin have identified numerous incidents in which Afghan girls have been presented to authorities as the “wives” of much older men. While child marriage is not uncommon in Afghanistan, the U.S. has strict policies against human trafficking that include prosecutions for offenders and sanctions for countries that don’t crack down on it.
One internal document seen by The Associated Press says the State Department has sought “urgent guidance” from other agencies after purported child brides were brought to Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. Another document, described to the AP by officials familiar with it, says Afghan girls at a transit site in Abu Dhabi have alleged they have been raped by older men they were forced to marry in order to escape Afghanistan.
The State Department had no immediate comment on the documents or the veracity of the details in them. Officials say that they take all such allegations seriously but that many of them are anecdotal and difficult to prove, particularly amid the crush of Afghan evacuees at multiple locations in the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
An Aug. 27 situation report sent to all U.S. embassies and consulates abroad as well as military command centers in Florida points to potential issues involving young girls and older men, some of whom claim to have more than one wife at Fort McCoy, a sprawling 60,000-acre (243-square-kilometer) Army base in Wisconsin. Relevant portions of the document, titled “Afghanistan Task Force SitRep No. 63,” were obtained by the AP.
“Intake staff at Fort McCoy reported multiple cases of minor females who presented as ‘married’ to adult Afghan men, as well as polygamous families,” the document says. “Department of State has requested urgent guidance.”
There was no immediate indication from the military or from the departments of homeland security and health and human services, which run the facility, that such guidance had been received.
At the same time, U.S. officials in the United Arab Emirates have expressed similar concerns, sending a diplomatic cable to Washington warning that some young Afghan girls had been forced into marriages in order to escape Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.
Officials familiar with the cable say it describes allegations by several girls at the Humanitarian City in Abu Dhabi that they had been sexually assaulted by their “husbands” and seeks guidance on how to handle such cases. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss internal communications.
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This couldn’t possibly be news to any government agencies—nor the military—involved in the evacuation. After being over there for 20 years, there had to be knowledge of the culture and societal differences between there and the US. Hunter Biden may have a wife among them—who knows?
The next move will be the shrug: Well, they’re here now. We can’t besmirch islum by pointing out their stone age perversions.
Thanks to Biden, America is filling with Illegal Aliens; many with covid &/or felony convictions &/or drugs in tow &/or “sex workers.”
Add now, likely terrorists; many with covid &/or felony convictions &/or drugs in tow &/or “sex workers.”
This depreciates / eliminates any distinction between American citizens and foreign invaders.
Of course, ALL of these new people, including the little girls, will be voting in EVERY future election, whether they can read or not.
The end of the USA is, sadly, in plain view.
We will be outvoted by these people with doubtful backgrounds and doubtful merit; all deeply indebted to the foolishness of the liberal enemies of freedom.
AND you can bet that they will REFUSE TO deport any of those men caught doing this nonsense.. THEN GIVE THEM 3+ homes to house all their ‘child brides’ all paid for by WE the tax victim.
True…the democrat’s have been pushing for pedophilia for years, now they will have the practice going on in the USA…the ******* in the black robes have already recognized Sharia law among the Muslime’s.
I keep thinking what Obama said about Joey,Ill paraphrase here, ” Dont underestimate Joes ability to f things up”
Talking about Obama.. WHERE the he double ll is MOOCHELLE? Remember her famous tweet holding up that sign “BRING THE GIRLS BACK” (RE boko Haram who took those school kids”.?
WHere is she now, RE ALL THE WOMAN IN Afganistan being pushed into slavery via forced marriage? Or the Afgan woman’s soccer team, having to go into HIDING, to avoid being punished??
“The State Department had no immediate comment on the documents or the veracity of the details in them”. Tony Blinken, the Harvard and Columbia graduate and his State Department, do not have knowledge of anything or do not want the American people to have knowledge of what really goes on. In Tony Blinken’s honor, we should rename the State Department, “The State Communist Department of Propaganda” in honor of Joe Criminal Biden!
As Sgt shults said, in Hogans Heroes “I SEE NOTHING!”
How many ways can Joe Biden screw things up? We’ve got way too long to go in this term in office.
It’s not just Biden. There is a large team of insurrectionists / terrorists / communists feeding more and more elements in the master plan to absolutely destroy America, and all freedom, and assail the gates of God.
Spoiler alert: God has long since prepared a place for all such evil-doers “where the fire is not quenched and the worm dieth not.”
ITS the entire bloody administration, from EVERYONE IN CONGRESS (and yes, i DO include the feckless useless GOP in that), to the State dept, to the Injustice dept, are included in that…
americans will die and because this administration is knowingly letting in these islamist. They will get themselves placed somewhere and in time make their sacrifice to allevil. They actually believe that they are doing a service to a god, and they are. But he is the god of this world. They are clueless to understand. They want more than child mortal brides. They want their 7 virgins that regenerate to always be a virgin. Yes they believe that and in space donkeys. they have no idea the god they worship is just a fallen angel. IMO
AND You can bet, after the first one does a ‘jihaddi’, on americans, THE LEFT WILL BE OUT in the streets demanding “AMERICANS SHOULD NOT rush to judgement, and become islamophobic”…
The US is in REAL danger now, because of the DEMOCRAT PARTY ! Between Racism, Corruption, Fraud, Socialism/Marxism, Islam, ALL a [part of the “Democrat Party”, WE as a Nation, are in MORE danger than EVER . If we don’t put a STOP to this EVIL, YES I said EVIL, we will go the way of the
dodo bird, extinct, never to be seen again !
Easy answer to this problem: Deport the men, keep the kids.
Better yet, EXECUTE THE MEN.
If it isn’t obvious even to dyed-in-the-wool cultural relativists that we don’t want child “marriage” or polygamy in the U.S., then we’re overdue to pass a law that prohibits recognizing these arrangements. Bring your 10-y.o. “wife” here, and face charges of statutory rape and indecent assault against a minor. If you don’t like it, go somewhere else.
In a sane world, yes.
NOT in Joe’s World.
“WE” brought them here. (By “we” I mean the US State Department. Far too many Clinton State Department scavengers remain.)
IN WHICH case, every one AT THE commiestate dept, needs to be CHARGED< FOR child sex trafficking!
Isn’t that to be expected of Pedo Joe? Right up his sick, depraved ally. Nothing he likes more than twelve year olds. Why do you think all of Hollywood voted for him? Americans are so naive, lazy and clueless. No wonder we’ll be living in the Obozo/Biden POST-America world from now on.
AND one wonders, WHERE ARE ALL those hollywood voices now!
Remember what Obama said about “fundamentally change the United States of America.”? TaliJoe spent eight years with him to facilitate that idea. What we see now is the continuation of what Obama wanted to accomplish in his two terms. I sense Biden is acting on behalf of Obama for his ( Obama’s) third term, as the handlers are making sure of that.
Speaks volumes as to his pedophilia.
All the ideals of bo, who is quite possibly running this country.
I’d be lying if I said I was surprised they did nor will they do anything to stop this. Heck, our Southern border is a sieve with thousands of young children being brought across for the purpose of trafficking. Why should those coming from Afghanistan be treated differently?
IMO the left, WANTS that child sex trafficking to go on, THAT IS WHY THEY KEEP the border wide the hell open.