AFEVAC

Mujgon Niazi poses for a portrait inside her home in Elk Grove, CA on August 23, 2021. Mujgon and her fiance have been waiting since December 2020 for the U.S. to complete one of the last steps in his visa application so he could join her in California. In late July, the State Department informed them that he would soon get a required interview at the U.S. embassy in Kabul. On Friday night, Ms. Niazi’s fiance finally made it inside the airport and to a gate. He showed U.S. soldiers an airport admissions pass that the State Department had emailed him last week and his visa paperwork, but they wouldn’t let him through. Mujgon is worried for her fiancee's safety as the deadline to evacuate Afghanistan at the end of the month. Andri Tambunan for The Wall Street Journal.

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Mujgon Niazi poses for a portrait inside her home in Elk Grove, CA on August 23, 2021. Mujgon and her fiance have been waiting since December 2020 for the U.S. to complete one of the last steps in his visa application so he could join her in California. In late July, the State Department informed them that he would soon get a required interview at the U.S. embassy in Kabul. On Friday night, Ms. Niazi’s fiance finally made it inside the airport and to a gate. He showed U.S. soldiers an airport admissions pass that the State Department had emailed him last week and his visa paperwork, but they wouldn’t let him through. Mujgon is worried for her fiancee's safety as the deadline to evacuate Afghanistan at the end of the month. Andri Tambunan for The Wall Street Journal.