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 are a bit unfamiliar for him 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
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 to let the boy go. it took weeks of negotiations and some time in taliban detention before he handed him back. he, his wife and 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 relief, and the hope is now that he willjoin his brothers and sisters and his mum and dad in the united states. now in michigan, he has asked the government to to fly him to him. after so long apart, the baby
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 to let the boy go. it took weeks of negotiations and some time in taliban detention before he handed him back. he, his wife and 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 relief, and the hope is now that he willjoin his brothers and sisters and his mum and dad in the united states. after so long apart, the baby only responds to mohammad, the name of mr safi gave him.
relief and the hope is now he willjoin his brothers and sisters and his mum and dad in the united states. now in michigan, sohail s parents have asked the us government to fly him to them. after so long apart, the baby only responds to mohammed, the name mr safi gave him. but now he s back with them, his family say sohail will soon rediscover who he is. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. now to the sport, where the day began with dramatic scenes in the fourth ashes test. john watson has the details. many thanks, that is where we begin the fourth test match where england secured a draw in sydney to avoid a possible 5 o series whitewash. australia have already won the ashes, but couldn t take the ten wickets they needed on the final day for victory. patrick gearey reports. five days of cricket decided in one
to let the boy go. it took weeks of negotiations and some time in taliban detention before he handed him back. he, his wife and 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 relief, and the hope is now that he willjoin his brothers and sisters and his mum and dad in the united states. after so long apart, the baby only responds to mohammad, the name of mr safi gave him. but now he s back with them, his family says sohail will soon rediscover who he is. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. it s usually one of the biggest nights in film, but this evening s golden globes ceremony will be held without a list stars and it s not being shown on tv. the event is being boycotted after it emerged that the organisers, the hollywood foreign press association, hadn t had a single black member for nearly 20 years.