Several California Public School Students Are Still Trapped In Afghanistan

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A U.S. Air Force air crew prepares to load evacuees aboard a C-17 aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 31. Several public school students from Sacramento, Calif., remain in Afghanistan since the U.S. evacuation ended.

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«These numbers continue to change rapidly. We believe that some of these families may be in transit out of Afghanistan, as we have not been able to reach many of them in the last few days, Raj Rai, the school district’s director of communications, told NPR in a statement.

«We stand ready to support these students and families in whatever way that we can, Rai said, adding that the district has been working with state officials and congressional offices.

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One of the congressional offices is that of Rep. Ami Bera, a Democrat who represents the district. Bera’s office told NPR it had been in contact with the school district and has «urgently flagged the situation with the State Department and the Department of Defense.

«We are pushing the DoD and State Department for an update, Travis Horne, Bera’s communications director, said in an email to NPR.