Kabul evacuees at Sicilian air base of Sigonella worry about those left living under Taliban rule
As another 250 Afghan refugees evacuated from Kabul left the Sigonella airbase in Sicily bound for Philadelphia, Haifa, 30, watches the plane lift off the runway and disappear into the clouds.
With dozens of other compatriots, she waits in line for her turn for an afternoon departure, when another plane will bring hundreds of other Afghans to the other side of the ocean, far away from the Taliban. There are 3,000 Afghans at the base, known as the Hub of the Med and serving as a transit station complete with temporary lodgings, religious and recreational areas, for evacuees moving on to other locations.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/02/i-pray-they-are-alive-afghans-headed-to-us-think-of-families-left-behind
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