'When are my parents coming?' - 1,300 Afghan children evacuated to U.S. in limbo

Sadam Aziz (C), 15, walks with his cousins at McKnight Middle School in Renton, Washington, U.S. October 30, 2021. Aziz was separated from his parents at Kabul airport and boarded an evacuation flight to Qatar alone before being sent to an emergency children's center in Michigan, where he stayed for a month before joining his uncle's family in Washington state. Picture taken October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

RENTON, Washington (Reuters) - Ten-year-old Mansoor only narrowly escaped Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August, and while he is now living safely in Washington state with relatives, he asks them every day if he can return.

In the chaos around the withdrawal of U.S. troops and the evacuation of more than 70,000 Afghans to the United States, Mansoor was separated from his parents and siblings.