of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable to find the family, he says he took him home. as a father, i know how it feels to have children, mr safi tells me. i couldn t leave him alone so i saved him and took care of him and my wife fed him. with no son of his own, mr safi was reluctant to let the boy go. it took weeks of negotiation and some time in taliban detention before he handed sohail back. he, his wife and his daughters are distraught without the boy. the last five months have been enormously difficult for many afghan families but none more so than this family. having sohail back is an enormous
unfamiliarfor him. but he has been very good and he hasn t cried. he s been sleeping well he s onlyjust woken up. in the chaos that followed the taliban s takeover here in august, an exodus as families fled the country. sohail s dad was a security guard at the us embassy. they joined the flood of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable to find the family, he says he took him home. as a father, i know how it feels to have children, mr safi tells me. i couldn t leave him alone, so i saved him and took care of him and my wife fed him. with no son of his own, mr safi was reluctant to let the boy go.
amid afghanistan s thousand tragedies, a small beam of sunshine. sohail was only a0 days old when he was lost as his family escaped kabul. he is now back in his auntie s arms. sohail is in good health, his aunt says. we re a bit unfamiliar for him, but he s been very good and he hasn t cried. he s been sleeping well. he s onlyjust woken up. in the chaos that followed the taliban s takeover here in august, an exodus as families fled the country. sohail s dad was a security guard at the us embassy. they joined the flood of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable to find the family, he says, he took him home.
health, his aunt says. we re a bit unfamiliar for him, but he s been very good and he hasn t cried. he s been sleeping well. he s onlyjust woken up. in the chaos that followed the taliban s takeover here in august, an exodus as families fled the country. sohail s dad was a security guard at the us embassy. they joined the flood of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable to find the family, he says, he took him home. as a father i know how it feels to have children, mr safi tells me. i couldn t leave him alone, so i saved him and took care of him and my wife fed him. but mr safi was reluctant
old when he disappeared in the mayhem, at the airport. his parents were among the thousands flown out of the country and are now in the us. the bbc s quentin sommerville has the story. amid afghanistan s thousand tragedies, a small beam of sunshine. sohail was only a0 days old when he was lost as his family escaped kabul. he is now back in his auntie s arms. sohail is in good health, his aunt says. we re a bit unfamiliar for him, but he s been very good and he hasn t cried. he s been sleeping well. he s onlyjust woken up. in the chaos that followed the taliban s takeover here in august, an exodus as families fled the country. sohail s dad was a security guard at the us embassy. they joined the flood of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable t