Afghan journalist Ali Latafi has contacted Yalda Hakim on the BBC to discuss Joe Biden’s recent eagles killed an Afghan family including several children in Kabul.
According to Latafi, the couple who were killed on Sunday by a US military airstrike did not take place Special Visas from Home (SIVs) to go to the US and was about to leave Afghanistan.
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Journalist Latafi: The family is waiting for SIV, they had received a call for a car to come and take you to the airport every day. And that’s why there were so many people in the house. They had all moved into the same house and were waiting for her to leave.
Afghan journalist Ali Latifi @alibomaye tell me that he went to a house where 10 family members including 6 children had died of a US stroke and that, unfortunately, he was granted special visas and was about to leave the country #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/WF2SDRLyAZ
– Yalda Hakim (@BBCYaldaHakim) August 30, 2021
The family, including 7 children, were killed during the military demonstrations. The worst victim was two years old.
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10 Funeral Prayers #Afghan people killed yesterday in #US the drone intervenes #Download. The bullet headed for a car full of civilians nearby #KabulAiport. The worst victim was a two-year-old boy. ?
These are Americans #WarOnTerror!#Afghanistan #USA #Kabul_Airport #Taliban #Makhadzi pic.twitter.com/r4Cge6AX87
– Atik Liman (@atikul_liman) August 30, 2021
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