Insight Video: Sacramento mother reflects on family’s time trapped in Afghanistan

Friday, November 19, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
  

After the Fall of US-backed government in Afghanistan in August, dozens of Sacramento-area families were stuck in the country. Sacramento's Afghan community is among the largest in the U.S.

One such family, including three students in the Sacramento City Unified School Disrtict, was recently able to return to Sacramento. In the months they were stuck in Afghanistan, Elthel I. Baker Elementary Principal Nate McGill communicated with the family and worked to help bring them home.

Raihan, Faizan and Pakiza are in 1st, 3rd and 4th grade. Their first day at school was last week. CapRadio Insight Host Vicki Gonzalez spoke at length with their mother Huma, father Rahmatullah and Principal Nate McGill.

 

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Multimedia Producer Andrew Nixon illustrates CapRadio’s Web content with visual journalism including still photos and videos. He works in the news and information department, and on CapRadio’s documentary program, “The View From Here.”  Read Full Bio 

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Vicki Gonzalez is a Murrow and Emmy award-winning journalist with 15 years’ experience as a reporter and news anchor. Previously, she spent five years as a reporter at NBC’s Sacramento affiliate KCRA. She also worked at KSNV-TV, KXFV-TV and KABC-TV.  Read Full Bio 

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