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US: Afghan evacuees who fail initial screening Kosovo-bound

by Ellen Knickmeyer
| September 6, 2021 12:06 AM

An ardent U.S. ally, Kosovo, has agreed to take in Afghanistan evacuees who fail to clear initial rounds of screening and host them for up to a year, a U.S. official said Saturday, in an intended fix to one of the security problems of the frantic U.S. evacuation from the Kabul airport.

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