Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 gets out of Afghanistan

An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden after his helicopter was forced to land in a snowstorm 13 years ago has left Afghanistan, sources familiar tell CNN.

Early Monday morning, the sources told CNN that the Human First Coalition, along with the State Department,successfully extracted Aman Khalili and his family from Pakistan. Khalili had recently asked now-President Biden to return the favor and rescue him from the country.

The coalition told CNN: "We are grateful for the continued support of Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan for his continued support of the evacuation, Secretary Antony Blinken, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, Senator Chris Coon, Chief of Staff DoS Suzy George, DoS JP Feldmayer, Director of Task Force Islamabad Mark Terkowski for evacuating the family of Aman Khalili, President Joe Biden's interpreter from Islamabad and their promise to evacuate the remaining 200 people that remain in Islamabad."

The Wall Street Journal was first to report the news.

The former interpreter helped rescue Biden in 2008 when his helicopter -- which was also carrying then-Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and John Kerry of Massachusetts -- was forced to make an emergency landing in the mountains of Afghanistan because of a snowstorm.

This summer Khalili said his Special Immigrant Visa was stuck in processing and that he had faith in President Biden. He told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "AC360," "I trust him."

"I trust that he can do everything," Kahlili, who was at the time only going by the name Mohammed, said of the President. "He is the President of the United States. He is a man of education."

This story is breaking and will be updated.

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