Starting Over: Afghan Refugee Remembers Family's Flight For Freedom One Year After US Withdrawal

CBS San Francisco

On the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan after U.S. forces withdrew their mission in Kabul, Bay Area refugees look to the start of the school year with the children who made it out alive.

Afghan father Inayat, lives in an East Bay hotel room and is starting life over. He never thought the Taliban would take over Afghanistan again and represents the first generation to have been raised during a time when Afghanistan had an organized society. Months into his family's escape, he is still shell-shocked by the change back home that put his life at risk and caused his family to leave everything they had.

"It was a long journey, but at least we are safe," Inayat said.

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