Kakaie is one of over 110,000 Afghans evacuated from the Kabul airport over the past three weeks, although many of them are still bogged down in a web of bureaucracy and red tape that could delay the resettlement process by months. he was trying to help the humanity of the people to get out of this difficult situation.”Īfter spending several days in Qatar helping the State Department reunify Afghan families, Kakaie was flown to Washington, D.C., and ultimately Utah. “I want to say thanks from my heart, that his sacrifice will be with all people. Taylor Hoover, a Utah native who was among those killed in the blast. One of Kakaie’s first orders of business now that he’s in Utah is to meet the family of Marine Staff Sgt. military base in Germany, where they’re still waiting to be resettled in Utah. Thirty minutes later at the same gate, a suicide bomber, later claimed to be an ISIS-K member, triggered an explosion that killed over 180 people, including 13 U.S. The day after he was evacuated, Kakaie’s family took a different route to the airport that he said was guarded by “U.S. “My vehicle is still at the airport, maybe. He let out a small laugh when he thought about the car he left behind.
“Whatever I had from the day I was born until that point, I had to abandon,” he said. Kakaie got on a plane and landed in Qatar hours later. what’s going to happen to my wife and how I should leave and abandon my family like this. He clasped his hands, and his eyes trailed off toward the floor as he tried to rein in his emotions. It was very difficult,” Kakaie said, his voice wavering. “I was deep under pressure and just crying, and my two American friends, they were holding me from the time that I left my room all the way to get to the (plane). It became clear that if Kakaie didn’t leave immediately, the situation at the airport could continue to unravel, and he might never leave. Kakaie was relieved of his duties and told by military officials that he should evacuate. On the third day, air traffic control was handed over to the U.S. Every time she tried to get through the gates, she was turned away. Her body started “turning black and swollen.” She was tear-gassed by Afghan government forces guarding the airport. They had made several unsuccessful attempts to enter the Kabul airport. Meanwhile his wife, Shazia, younger brother and mother-in-law were still at home. Kakaie spent several days in the tower providing air traffic support for the military planes shuttling people out of the country. “They just want to leave the country and be somewhere else.” Air Force C-17, some clinging to its side. “The second day at noon (was) when the people came across the runway and held the aircraft,” he said, describing the scene of hundreds of desperate Afghans chasing after a U.S. Over the next two days, he saw firsthand the turmoil at the airport that would later captivate the world. Here’s what we knowĪs Taliban fighters enveloped the country’s capital, Kakaie moved to a different, less exposed tower on the other side of the runway, along with his colleagues.
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