FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2021, file photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, families walk towards their flight during ongoing evacuations at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan. More than 30 California children are stuck in Afghanistan after traveling to the country to see their relatives weeks before the Taliban seized power and US forces left, according to school districts where the kids are enrolled.
“The fear is that nobody is looking for them,” said Howard Shen, spokesman for the Cajon Valley Union School District in the San Diego area that is in contact with one such family who says they cannot get out.“They are thousands of miles away under an oppressive regime and we’re leaving them behind,” he said. “That’s not right.”
The parents and three children — all legal U.S. residents — went to Afghanistan in April to care for their sick grandmother after being unable to do so for months because of COVID-19 restrictions. Caught by surprise by the quick Taliban takeover, the family members were unable to get through the crush of thousands of people at the airport in Kabul before the last U.S. plane left Aug. 31.
Mohammad Faizi, a green card holder from the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, said he and his wife and five children were stopped by the Taliban at a checkpoint on their way to the airport. His wife is a U.S. citizen. Jason and others say they also believe the number of U.S. citizens is much higher than 200 people and is misleading because it does not include their family members who may be green card holders. Allied Airlift has identified 45 U.S. citizens in the country but has documents on more than 250 family members stuck there with them.
TRUMP let 5000 known TALIBAN terrorist prisoners go ! its not safr there. NOW BUSH AND TRUMP SHOULD BE IN PRISON
2 days ago: performing in front of a crowd, Donald Trump, in front of a crowd: '..... the election victory of the Dems. is fraud. In fact, the Rep. Won the election. ' Appearance in front of a crowd. 2 days ago
Razarumi Mummy spent 2 trillion children still hungry 😋
The US passport does make a difference abroad but increasingly less difference in this country.
Really,they knew for month the US was planning to leave, they had a choice to leave or stay, It comes down to survival for the fittest, stop portraying them like saint's who are stranded, Anyone who wanted to leave made their way to the airport, and the airport is up and running
It's Bidens fault if it goes wrong and Trumps fault if it works. That's how Republican... no Trumpism works. Get used to it. It's a cult. Plain and simple.
124,000 evacuated in three weeks. Truly spectacular.
Who ignored all warnings and probably stayed back on purpose.
Enough about this nonsense AP. When do we start airlifting women out of Texas?
So wtf? With this campaign against Biden it’s incredibly obvious to all of us . Smh
They had months to leave. Sucks to be them. No pity here for being stupid
Who gives a crap!! They all had time to leave This isn't on Biden