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Afghan people sit as they wait to leave the Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021, as thousands of people mobbed the city’s airport trying to flee the Taliban.

Afghan people sit as they wait to leave the Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021, as thousands of people mobbed the city’s airport trying to flee the Taliban. (Wakil Kohsar, AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Since the final military plane departed Aug. 31, Biden administration officials from the president on down have repeatedly pledged to continue helping all “at-risk” Afghans left behind.

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