Dozens of California Students, Parents Stuck in Afghanistan

U.S. Air Force airmen guide evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 24, 2021. Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP

At least 24 students from southern California are stuck in Afghanistan, officials said this week.

The students, as well as some parents, are stranded in the Central Asian country after going there for a summer trip, a spokesman for the Cajon Valley Union School District confirmed via email to The Epoch Times.