Last El Cajon Family Stranded in Afghanistan Safely Evacuated

Congressman Darrell Issa and other groups jointly held a press conference to address the experiences of rescuing families of students trapped in Afghanistan on Sept. 2, 2021, in the Cajon Valley Unified School District in San Diego, Calif. Yang Jie/The Epoch Times

EL CAJON, Calif.—A San Diego family and children have safely evacuated from Afghanistan and will be returning to California, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Bonsall) announced Nov. 1.

Out of the seven families from the El Cajon school district that had been stuck in Afghanistan, they were the last to leave after the Taliban seized power. The other six families already made it home in late August.