{"id":7674,"date":"2021-12-02T14:17:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7674"},"modified":"2021-12-02T14:17:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:17:07","slug":"congressman-issa-helps-another-family-return-to-san-diego-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7674","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Issa Helps Another Family Return to San Diego from Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Bobbie Wylie<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, Representative Darrell Issa announced that another San Diego area resident and his family will be returning home from Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On August 31, 2021, President Biden withdrew the US military from Afghanistan, ending a 20-year conflict. President Biden\u2019s hasty withdrawal of US troops left many US allies in the Taliban-controlled country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of those left stranded in Afghanistan was Prince Wafa. Once news broke of Biden\u2019s frenzied withdrawal, Wafa rushed to Kabul, where he and his wife had been waiting for her spousal paperwork to process. It was then he found himself abandoned by his own nation\u2019s negligence in one of the most dangerous places in the world. Wafa sent a letter to the Biden administration urging them to expediate an evacuation and that he had some issues with the State Department regarding communication on flights out of Afghanistan. Wafa said that Congressman Issa had informed him of flights leaving Afghanistan to Doha, Qatar where most of the evacuees where evacuated to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After reaching out to Congressman Issa through the Afghanistan Evacuation Assistance portal on the congressman\u2019s website, Wafa and his wife are now on their way home. Wafa is a local business owner and entrepreneur who owns a number of convenience stores.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPrince Wafa\u2019s story will not go unnoticed,\u201d said Rep. Issa. \u201cNo American should have to go through what he endured, and this should also provide a lasting lesson: Today, we celebrate the return of a brave American. But there is much more work to do, and many more Americans to bring home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congressman Issa\u2019s office has been instrumental in evacuating over 40 members of California\u2019s 50th Congressional District from Afghanistan since they were abandoned in the Taliban-controlled country after the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that ended on August 31st.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cThis one was personal. My team and I worked for months to ensure the safe return of Prince Wafa and his wife, and we were amazed by his courage and commitment,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/issa.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/issa-announces-another-american-and-family-returning-home-afghanistan\">Rep. Issa in a press release.<\/a> \u201cHis betrayal by President Biden and the almost limitless delays by this Administration were needless and shameful. He wasn\u2019t the first American left behind and we are determined that he won\u2019t be the last to come home.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Bobbie Wylie On Wednesday, Representative Darrell Issa announced that another San Diego area resident and his family will be returning home from Afghanistan. On August 31, 2021, President Biden withdrew the US military from Afghanistan, ending a 20-year conflict. 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