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Baby handed to U.S. soldiers in chaos of Afghanistan airlift still missing
Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves in a chaotic crowd outside the Kabul airport when a U.S. soldier asked if they needed help.
Nov. 8, 2021, 4:10 AM PST / Source: Reuters
By Reuters
NEW YORK — It was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on Aug. 19 in a chaotic crowd outside the gates of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan when a U.S. soldier, from over the tall fence, asked if they needed help.
Fearing their two-month old baby Sohail would get crushed in the melee, they handed him to the soldier, thinking they would soon get to the entrance, which was only about 16 feet away.
But at that moment, Mirza Ali said, the Taliban — which had swiftly taken over the country as U.S. troops withdrew — began pushing back hundreds of hopeful evacuees. It took the rest of the family more than a half hour to get to the other side of the airport fence.
Once they were inside, Sohail was nowhere to be found.
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