Germany's Ramstein air base is housing thousands of Afghans who left everything behind, but are now caught between the hell of Kabul and their uncertain new lives.
At Ramstein Air Base, the recent arrivals clutch their phones — a lifeline of communication with their loved ones, a portal back to Afghanistan.
Afghan evacuees clung on to their cell phones, which allow them to connect with loved ones they have left behind.Despite being out of reach of the Taliban, Maryam said that her life felt uncertain and that she was concerned for her safety as a single woman among Afghan men. Until recently the most daunting thing facing her was leaving home for college. Like other Afghans who made it here crammed onto U.S. military planes, she used to have plans. She had received a scholarship to study politics at a university in Iran. But then the U.S. began withdrawing and her life imploded.worked with the U.S. military, governmentWhile those in Ramstein may have been handed their ticket out, they know far more people who were left behind.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 7,100 people had been evacuated to Ramstein Air Base. That number makes up around 10 per cent of the total number of people the U.S. government said Tuesday had been airlifted from Afghanistan since Aug. 14, but just a fraction of those desperate to escape. The base has a capacity of up to 10,000 people, Brig. Gen. Joshua Olson, the base’s commander, told reporters Monday. Of those evacuated to Ramstein, some 300 were Americans and 700 were green card holders, a State Department spokesman said Monday.for NBC News. A senior State Department official said Monday that eight transit hubs were open across six countries, and U.S. allies and partners were hosting more than 17,000 evacuees. The official said the U.S.
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