Back in August, as the date approached when allied military would leave Afghanistan, about 123,000 civilians were successfully evacuated by U.S. and coalition aircraft.
But thousands of Afghans who wanted to get out didn't make it. Those who worked for the U.S. military are in trouble, but they're not the only ones.
The American University of Afghanistan was established in 2007 with $160 million funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The president, Ian Bickford, fled when the Taliban took the country and then the university was "shuttered." Another American investment abandoned and left for the Taliban.
Students of AUAF gathered at a safehouse on the 29th, rode busses to the airport, and waited seven hours for clearance - only to be rejected by airport officials. AUAF emailed 600 students: “I regret to inform you that the high command at HKIA in the airport has announced there will be no more rescue flights.”
A sophomore spoke for the students, “We are all terrified. There is no evacuation. There is no getting out."
from Yahoo! News
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