Laura Acevedo joined the ABC 10News team in April 2017 as a reporter and multimedia journalist.
SAN DIEGO — Monday was the third anniversary of the day when 13 servicemembers were killed outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan by a terrorist bomb.It all happened during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan ; more than 180 people died in the bombing.Shawn VanDiver is the president of #AfghanEvac, a San Diego-based coalition of over 200 organizations that has helped thousands of Afghans evacuate and resettle since 2021.VanDiver reflected on the deadly bombing on Monday.
Since August 2021, VanDiver says the coalition has helped get 165,000 Afghans out. He says it’s important to remember the promises made to Afghan partners who helped U.S. Troops. He would like to see the U.S. create a policy to help all U.S. allies.'A policy for our wartime allies that stands the test of time that is not specific to one location, but if you stand with the United States, you get into the country,' says VanDiver.
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