Fear follows them

Daudzai is facing an ­uncertain future. The former police officer has applied for a green card in the United States. — Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times

IN THE frenzied American exit from Afghanistan, Obaidullah Durani, a fighter pilot trained by US forces, was scrambling to get his family out too.

His daughter, Hela, was ­hoisted over a fence by a Marine at Kabul airport as the family rushed to reach a departing plane. But Durani’s wife, Shafaro, was separated from him and their two children and never made it onto an evacuation flight.