At least 32 California students remain stranded in Afghanistan
At least 32 California students remain stranded in Afghanistan as their school districts urge officials to aid their return to the US A school district near Sacramento, San Juan Unified School District, on Tuesday said 29 students remained in Afghanistan A second California school district - Cajon Valley Union School District, outside of San Diego - said three of their students, from the same family, were still there Both areas have large numbers of Afghan refugees in their communities and the school districts are trying to help the students return to the U.S. On Monday the final military evacuation flight left Kabul, ending America's 20-year war in the country The U.S. government have said that they believe the Taliban will allow U.S. citizens out of the country, despite the military evacuations ending
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At least 32 California students were stranded in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, as their school districts urged authorities to help them get home.
Twenty nine students were from the San Juan Unified School District, around Sacramento.
Three more were members of another family, from Cajon Valley Union School District, outside of San Diego.
Both areas are home to large populations of Afghan refugees, and eight families from El Cajon were in Afghanistan when Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15.
Sixteen parents and more than 24 students, ranging from preschoolers to high schoolers, traveled from San Diego to Afghanistan over summer break to visit grandparents and other relatives.
