'Many, many, many Americans are really looking forward to welcoming you and having you come to the United States.'
Blinken asked the official where the 11 departing that evening, some of whom he met, would end up, but she said she did not know.
"I know you all have a lot of questions. There are a lot of people who will look out for you and help you," he told the group he met on his tour. Fatella, a 21-year old woman in a head scarf and black and brown checkered shirt, told reporters about how difficult it was to get to Kabul airport, with bullets "flying." Her father died some years ago, and her mother was unable to escape -- left behind in Kabul.
PHOTO: Afghan children take a piece of chalk at a children's activity event held by non-governmental charities at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, Aug. 31 , 2021. U.S. officials in the United Arab Emirates reportedly sent a cable to Washington to warn that some young Afghan girls had been forced into marriages in order to escape Afghanistan and reported being sexually assaulted by these older men, according to the Associated Press, which first reported about the Aug. 27 report.
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