California Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Cali., on Friday announced the rescue of two additional San Diego families who were stranded in Afghanistan.
"Amidst the heartbreak of yesterday and the chaos that has gripped Afghanistan for weeks, we continue to make extraordinary progress in bringing our people home," Congressman Issa said in a Friday statement."It is an honor to help rescue and reunite families and loved ones, but we still have more work to do.
Families begin to board a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 23. .on Tuesday that 24 students and 16 parents were stuck in Afghanistan after traveling to the country over the summer. The exact number of Cajon Valley school district children who were rescued remains unknown, but Issa's office believes"most of the 20 total children" it has rescued"are enrolled in school within the Cajon Valley Union School District."
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