As violence erupts in Kabul after two separate bombings in the last two days killing at least 16 people, a Bay Area Afghan evacuee says his young brothers and sisters in the capital city are like 'prisoners,' not able to leave their home.
As violence erupts in Kabul after two separate bombings in the last two days, an Afghan evacuee in the Bay Area fears for his family back home.as at least 16 people have been killed and dozens more injured in two separate bomb blasts in the past 48-hours in the capital city Kabul.
Amirzai worked alongside the United States in Afghanistan for years and is one of more than 82,000 people evacuated amid the Taliban takeover nearly one year ago. He's now living in the Concord, but his family is still in Kabul. Blame for Saturday's blast is likely to fall on the Islamic State, which took credit for Friday's deadly car explosion near a Shiite mosque. The group is known for targeting Afghanistan's minority population.The unrest comes days after hundreds of Afghans took to the streets of Kabul to protest theBay Area refugee resettlement agencies are working, trying to make Afghan evacuees can stay permanently, which potentially paves the way for them to bring family to area.
More a thousand Afghan evacuees have landed in the Bay Area since September - needing attorneys to navigate the immigration process."Every single organization we know is at its maximum capacity and everyone has a waiting list," said Aziz.
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