

citizen now, made it out of Kabul this week and back to the United States after one last trip to visit family. Lovin worked with two Afghan translators in 20 who happen to be brothers-in-law: Ali and James (WORLD is using pseudonyms because of security threats).

For the last several days he’s been trying to get one of the translators he worked with during a tour in Afghanistan-“James”-out of the country following the Taliban’s takeover this week. Army Reserves, Brad Lovin has been pushing a lot of paperwork. Editor’s Note: WORLD has updated this story with an account from Ali after he arrived in the United States.īetween night shifts with the U.S.
