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For context, this was a known threat when the US evacuated Afghanistan. It was just one aspect of the mess that occurred at that time so it didn't get much atte
by TechBro8615 4y ago
For context, this was a known threat when the US evacuated Afghanistan. It was just one aspect of the mess that occurred at that time so it didn't get much attention, but here's an article from August 2021. [0]
The main worry was that we basically handed the Taliban a list of Afghan translators and US cooperators. It's been 18 months since then. Does anyone know if there were consequences for those people? Has the Taliban acted on this database to enact retribution?
[0] https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/30/1033941/afghanistan-biometric-databases-us-military-40-data-points/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/30/1033941/afghanis...