Joshua Mast

At the same time, the interpreter that I'm using to speak Pashto to this man, he's like, sir, my sister, she's 15. She's in the Northern Alliance areas. They've just passed an edict saying that they have to marry them off to their fighters. Can you help us get her out? So I'm like, this is not my expertise. It's all ad hoc, right? Just like every other like service member at the time.

At the same time, the interpreter that I'm using to speak Pashto to this man, he's like, sir, my sister, she's 15. She's in the Northern Alliance areas. They've just passed an edict saying that they have to marry them off to their fighters. Can you help us get her out? So I'm like, this is not my expertise. It's all ad hoc, right? Just like every other like service member at the time.

At the same time, the interpreter that I'm using to speak Pashto to this man, he's like, sir, my sister, she's 15. She's in the Northern Alliance areas. They've just passed an edict saying that they have to marry them off to their fighters. Can you help us get her out? So I'm like, this is not my expertise. It's all ad hoc, right? Just like every other like service member at the time.

And so I'm like, okay, man, like we'll, we'll try, but it's super dangerous. Like, are you willing to risk their lives traveling 180 miles? He's like, yes, sir. It's better than it's better than being left to marry the Taliban and take them back to Pakistan.

And so I'm like, okay, man, like we'll, we'll try, but it's super dangerous. Like, are you willing to risk their lives traveling 180 miles? He's like, yes, sir. It's better than it's better than being left to marry the Taliban and take them back to Pakistan.

And so I'm like, okay, man, like we'll, we'll try, but it's super dangerous. Like, are you willing to risk their lives traveling 180 miles? He's like, yes, sir. It's better than it's better than being left to marry the Taliban and take them back to Pakistan.

So we move his 15-year-old sister, his, I think, eight-year-old brother at the time, and his teenage brother, all three of them, and we rent an Airbnb online in Kabul, Afghanistan during the evacuation as a safe house. I get word that they're bringing Sparrow from Southern Afghanistan.

So we move his 15-year-old sister, his, I think, eight-year-old brother at the time, and his teenage brother, all three of them, and we rent an Airbnb online in Kabul, Afghanistan during the evacuation as a safe house. I get word that they're bringing Sparrow from Southern Afghanistan.

So we move his 15-year-old sister, his, I think, eight-year-old brother at the time, and his teenage brother, all three of them, and we rent an Airbnb online in Kabul, Afghanistan during the evacuation as a safe house. I get word that they're bringing Sparrow from Southern Afghanistan.

We move them 280 miles through Taliban checkpoints and all that stuff in the middle of war, like right around August 22nd or 3rd. As soon as I get word they're moving, that they're disobeying the Taliban, I go to my colonel, like I'm standing on his desk, sir, I got a crazy story for you. The State Department dumped our child two years ago. We've been working to get her out.

We move them 280 miles through Taliban checkpoints and all that stuff in the middle of war, like right around August 22nd or 3rd. As soon as I get word they're moving, that they're disobeying the Taliban, I go to my colonel, like I'm standing on his desk, sir, I got a crazy story for you. The State Department dumped our child two years ago. We've been working to get her out.

We move them 280 miles through Taliban checkpoints and all that stuff in the middle of war, like right around August 22nd or 3rd. As soon as I get word they're moving, that they're disobeying the Taliban, I go to my colonel, like I'm standing on his desk, sir, I got a crazy story for you. The State Department dumped our child two years ago. We've been working to get her out.

We have all the paperwork. Here it is. Permission to fly emergency leave into Kabul, Afghanistan. And my colonel is crazy enough and a great enough warrior. He's like, that's what I do if I was a parent, permission granted. And so I got a ticket and I was on my way before I got shut down by CENTCOM. They're like, no way. We're not letting people in on emergency leave.

We have all the paperwork. Here it is. Permission to fly emergency leave into Kabul, Afghanistan. And my colonel is crazy enough and a great enough warrior. He's like, that's what I do if I was a parent, permission granted. And so I got a ticket and I was on my way before I got shut down by CENTCOM. They're like, no way. We're not letting people in on emergency leave.

We have all the paperwork. Here it is. Permission to fly emergency leave into Kabul, Afghanistan. And my colonel is crazy enough and a great enough warrior. He's like, that's what I do if I was a parent, permission granted. And so I got a ticket and I was on my way before I got shut down by CENTCOM. They're like, no way. We're not letting people in on emergency leave.

But we ended up, it was such a unique experience because we were able to go to Ramstein and find her because they got out.

But we ended up, it was such a unique experience because we were able to go to Ramstein and find her because they got out.

But we ended up, it was such a unique experience because we were able to go to Ramstein and find her because they got out.

Like we, we have all the original documents.

Like we, we have all the original documents.