Share this Story: Wedding certificate and cell phone: How a U.S. veteran's wife fled AfghanistanWedding certificate and cell phone: How a U.S. veteran's wife fled AfghanistanArticle content WASHINGTON — Whipped by the Taliban and shoved from behind by other desperate Afghans, marriage certificate in hand, Sharifa Afzali thrust her cell phone at the U.S. soldier barring the Kabul airport gate. Try refreshing your browser, or Wedding certificate and cell phone: How a U.S. veteran's wife fled Afghanistan Back to video “And by the grace of God, he let my wife and my interpreter through,” Wright recounted to Reuters. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Afzali made it out of Afghanistan, counting herself among the lucky ones. Article content Some have had to leave children with U.S. citizenship rights with relatives, she said.

Source: National Post August 29, 2021 03:56 UTC