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California families relay harrowing escape from Afghanistan

Mohammad Faizi, center, speaks during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in El Cajon, Calif. He and his family were visiting relatives in Afghanistan in August, and were forced to escape as the Taliban seized power. Several families who live in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon spoke to reporters Thursday for the first time since returning from Afghanistan, where they described their harrowing escape after the Taliban seized power. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Palwasha Faizi, 10, above left, stands behind her sister, Parwana Faizi, 7, and alongside her father, Mohammad Faizi, during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in El Cajon, Calif. The family were visiting relatives in Afghanistan in August, and were forced to escape as the Taliban seized power. Several families who live in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon spoke to reporters Thursday for the first time since returning from Afghanistan, where they described their harrowing escape after the Taliban seized power. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)