Six families from the San Diego area have now made it safely out of Afghanistan after they went to the country earlier this summer to visit relatives.
Six families from a San Diego suburb have now made it safely out of Afghanistan after theyto visit relatives and got stuck there amid the chaos following the Taliban’s takeover, officials said Monday.
But the whereabouts of two other families from El Cajon remained unclear. One family may have gotten on one of the last U.S. flights out of Afghanistan on Monday, while authorities were working to help the other family, which was still in the country, the Cajon Valley Union School District said., marking the end of a massive airlift in which tens of thousands of people fled Afghanistan, fearful of the return of Taliban rule after it seized power earlier this month.
“We are still holding out hope” that the families can get out, said Howard Shen, spokesman for the Cajon Valley Union School District.
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