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Amid afghanistan s thousand tragedies, a small beam of sunshine. sohail was only a0 days old when he was lost as his family escaped kabul. he is now back in his auntie s arms. sohail is in good health, his aunt says. we re a bit unfamiliar for him, but he s been very good and he hasn t cried. he s been sleeping well. he s onlyjust woken up. in the chaos that followed the taliban s takeover here in august, an exodus as families fled the country. sohail s dad was a security guard at the us embassy. they joined the flood of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable to find the family, he says, he took him home. ....
Health, his aunt says. we re a bit unfamiliar for him, but he s been very good and he hasn t cried. he s been sleeping well. he s onlyjust woken up. in the chaos that followed the taliban s takeover here in august, an exodus as families fled the country. sohail s dad was a security guard at the us embassy. they joined the flood of people rushing to leave. like others shown here, he was handed to us marines guarding the airport fence. once inside, the family couldn t find him. they left for the united states. taxi driver hamid safi says he found the boy all alone by the roadside inside the airport. unable to find the family, he says, he took him home. as a father i know how it feels to have children, mr safi tells me. i couldn t leave him alone, so i saved him and took care of him and my wife fed him. but mr safi was reluctant ....
While most of the family managed to fly out of the country, the little boy was left behind in kabul. he was taken in by a 29 year ld taxi driver, he was taken in by a 29 year old taxi driver, hamid safi, who has now handed the boy over to his grandfather. 0ur correspondent quentin somerville is in kabul and has more. this is the story of the ahmadi family who were part of that deluge of people who fled towards kabul airport after the taliban made it into the city in august. they were moments away from salvation, a flight to the united states, but they got caught in a crush at the gates of the airport and in the panic they handed their two month old baby, sohail, to a us soldier. he was handed over the fence. when the family then got inside they couldn t find the baby. they were then evacuated after searching the airport, they were evacuated from kabul, made it to the united states, still kept looking for the baby in the united states in the hope that he had been put on a flight, th ....
Only responds to mohammad, the name mr safi gave him. but now he s back with them, his family says sohail will soon rediscover who he is. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. what a remarkable story that was, indeed, from our correspondent quinton there. moving on another story for you today. it s usually one of the biggest nights in hollywood but sunday s golden globes ceremony in la will take place with none of the nominees present and behind closed doors. colin paterson explains why. # it all began tonight. tonight, west side story is one of the big favourites to win at the golden globes. but none of its stars or its director, steven spielberg, will be there. the same goes for belfast, which is tied for the most nominations seven. we re looking to cleanse the community. you wouldn t want to be the odd one out in this street. ....
They were moments away from salvation, a flight to the united states, but they got caught in a crush at the gates of the airport and in the panic they handed their two month old baby, sohail, to a us soldier. he was handed over the fence. when the family then got inside they couldn t find the baby. they were then evacuated after searching the airport, they were evacuated from kabul, made it to the united states, still kept looking for the baby in the united states in the hope that he had been put on a flight, that he had made it there somehow, and they found nothing. after months of searching and a campaign by an afghan refugee group and a story by the reuters news ....