Some 200,000 families who cooperated with NATO forces under former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled to Pakistan when the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) came to power and are now waiting to be evacuated to the United States and other Western countries, putting a strain on the economy, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told US magazine Newsweek on Saturday

US House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul and ranking member Gregory Meeks will visit the State Department later on Tuesday to view a classified cable that US diplomats sent prior to the United States' chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said