Afghans leave their country two years after U.S. withdrawal
Narges Heydari, 15, catches her crying brother, Matin, 1, as he is lifted over the fence at the Austrian border. Narges climbed the fence first because of the crush of people. She arrived from Afghanistan with her parents and three siblings.
When most American troops departed in 2014 and the Obama administration helped install a new government, it was supposed to set Afghanistan toward self-reliance after two decades of Taliban rule and foreign military intervention.
