U.S. family trapped in Afghanistan successfully escapes with just days to go before deadline.
ABC News’ Alex Presha reports on a father in San Diego who struggled to get his wife and two young children out of Afghanistan.The State Department announced Friday that it had made contact with 500 U.S. citizens who still needed to be evacuated from Afghanistan. Among them was the wife and children of Hewad, a U.S. citizen living in California.
Hewad’s wife had taken their two young children to Afghanistan last month to visit a sick family member. When the Taliban reclaimed power earlier this month, they quickly became trapped, Hewad said. Hewad’s wife, who asked not to be named, went into hiding while he and attorney Richard Sterger worked from the U.S. to organize the family’s documents so that they could be evacuated safely.
During the call, she told him the family had planned to go to the airport that day but ultimately decided not to
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