Posted on 08/31/2021 4:22:55 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
At least 24 Sacramento-area students are confirmed to be stranded in Afghanistan as turmoil continues in Kabul, according to school officials.
San Juan Unified school district staff said 24 students, down from from the initial estimate of 150 students, had not returned to campuses since the start of the 2021-2022 school year.
After reading The Sacramento Bee’s story about two students stranded overseas, staffers at Sacramento Congressman Ami Bera’s office contacted San Juan Unified and are working with the district to bring students back safely.
“Our office has been in close contact with the San Juan Unified School District, and have urgently flagged the students’ information with the State Department and Department of Defense. We have not received an update from the State Department or the DOD,” read a statement from Bera’s communications director Travis Horne.
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I hate to keep beating this drum, but this video has only just begun to cause real trouble for the United States of America. How can our friends and enemies take us seriously when the White House authorizes this kind of thing in the residence of the President of the U.S.?
What parent in their right mind would allow their kid to go to Afghanistan a war zone? answer: parents in california
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