This marine said about the Taliban “They’re brutes. They’re gangsters. They burn people alive. They hang them from trees. They throw gays off the rooftops. They throw acid on little girls trying to walk to school. They are a radical extremist organization that is violent. There’s not an element that I have seen, personally in 20 years, that is a characteristic that I can embrace as an American,” Kennedy told The Western Journal, adding that the things he had seen in Kabul were “more horrific” than anyone could imagine.

Fearing that violent retribution from these “brutes” could soon be visited upon both him and his wife — both of whom were left stranded in Kabul — Wafa called the State Department on Sunday.

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The official who answered Wafa’s call then gave him instructions on how to proceed.

“They told me that they would not leave any citizen in the country, they would get everyone out,” Wafa told The Intercept.

“They told me to take shelter and not go to the airport and to wait for further directions on what to do.”

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He was then told to wait for another call that would provide directions for a safe exit from the country.

After waiting for the call for more than 24 hours, Wafa turned on the news and was shocked at what he saw: The U.S. had finished its withdrawal, leaving him and his wife with no way out.