VIDEO: 39 Americans Evacuated From Afghanistan In First Major Airlift Rescue Since Taliban Takeover

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Zenger News

Among the rescued are more than a dozen children, including Project Dynamo’s youngest-ever evacuee, an 11 month-old American boy.

Virginia Van Zandt

December 18 , 2021

Months after U.S. government flights ceased, 39 American citizens and legal permanent residents were rescued by a two-man covert team, flying on a privately funded plane out of Taliban-controlled Kabul.

The group, sponsored by the non-profit Project Dynamo, is expected to land at New York’s John F. Kennedy International airport by 9 AM on Saturday morning.

“They did encounter the Taliban, but luckily…I don’t know how far I want to get into that,” said James Judge, a spokesperson for Project Dynamo, to Zenger. The nonprofit supplied photos and videos documenting their successful escape.

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Bryan Stern and Abdul Wasit board a flight to Kabul, Afghanistan on December 15th, 2021. (Project Dynamo)

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