By Cher Muzyk Times Staff Writer Jan 5, 2023 Updated Jan 5, 2023, Prince William Times
Amid the fall of Kabul in August 2021, Khaibar Khan Mohmand, 24, escaped Afghanistan and the Taliban on the floor of a military evacuation flight. Mohmand left with nothing but high hopes for a future in the United States. Sixteen months later, he received asylum and has settled in Dale City where he is taking college courses and running his own appliance repair business.
The son of a late general in the Afghan National Army, Mohmand said he was targeted by the Taliban, brutally beaten and left for dead on the street during the chaotic days before the U.S. forces withdrew. As soon as he was able, Mohmand left the hospital where he had received emergency care, walked straight to the airport and began translating for U.S. Marines who eventually helped him board a plane out of Kabul’s international airport.
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