An Afghan family is searching for their two-month old son who went missing in the chaos of the U.S. evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after he was handed to a U.S. soldier on Aug. 19, Reuters reports. Fearing for his son's life in the crowd, Ali handed him over to the soldier, the report said. However, the family faced delays getting through the airport checkpoint and once they were inside they could not find their son, named Sohail. "They said 'we don't have resources to keep the baby here,'" Ali said, according to Reuters. However, independent analysts estimate that more than 100,000 people who fall into priority categories for evacuation were left behind.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 05, 2021 19:44 UTC