MILITARY NATION FACES Suicidal man 3-month-old, mother ‘Shang-Chi’ on bridge saved among 4 dead following breaks holiday by Army veteran ex-Marine’s Fla. rampage box office mark Page 5 Page 7 Page 14 Hamlin opens Cup Series playoffs with 1st win of year ›› Auto racing, Page 19 stripes.com Volume 80 Edition 102 ©SS 2021 TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas AFGHANISTAN Taliban take last holdout province Families flee as thousands of fighters reportedly overrun remaining resistance forces in Panjshir BY KATHY GANNON ment, saying Panjshir was now dent, Amrullah Saleh, and also the Associated Press INSIDE under control of Taliban fighters. son of the iconic anti-Taliban KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan family separated during chaotic “We tried our best to solve the fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud who Taliban said on Monday that they problem through negotiations, was killed just days before the 9/11 have taken control of Panjshir evacuation reunited at Ramstein Page 3 and they rejected talks and then terrorist attacks in the United province north of Kabul, the last we had to send our forces to fight,” States. holdout of anti-Taliban forces in month. from the area who spoke on condi- Mujahid told a press conference in Meanwhile in northern Balkh the country and the only province Thousands of Taliban fighters tion of anonymity, fearing for their Kabul later Monday. province, at least four planes char- the Taliban had not seized during overran eight districts of Panjshir safety. Taliban spokesman Zabi- The anti-Taliban forces had their blitz across Afghanistan last overnight, according to witnesses hullah Mujahid issued a state- been led by the former vice presi- SEE OVERRUN ON PAGE 4 Surviving 9/11 was ‘just the first piece of the journey’ BY JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK — Trapped deep in the wreckage of the World Trade Center, Will Jimeno lived through the unthinkable. Twenty years lat- er, he’s still living with it. A brace and a quarter-sized di- vot on his left leg reflect the inju- ries that ended his police career, a lifetime dream. He has post-trau- matic stress disorder. He keeps shelves of mementoes, including a cross and miniature twin towers fashioned from trade center steel. He was portrayed in a movie and wrote two books about enduring the ordeal. SEE JOURNEY ON PAGE 8 Désirée Bouchat, a survivor of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, looks at photos of those who perished, in a display at the 9/11 Tribute Museum on Aug. 6 in New York. MARK LENNIHAN/AP PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, September 7, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Industry group backs carbon price for big ships EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1,158.08 Associated Press mercial shipowners and operators clear. Switzerland (Franc) .9162 Euro costs (Sept. 7) $1.16 Thailand (Baht) 32.47 BERLIN — A major maritime covering over 80% of the world “We will know they are serious Dollar buys (Sept. 7) 0.8189 Turkey (New Lira) 8.2870 British pound (Sept. 7) $1.42 industry association on Monday merchant fleet, didn’t specify what about real progress when they em- Japanese yen (Sept. 7) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available backed plans for a global sur- carbon price it would support. brace a level of ambition consistent South Korean won (Sept. 7) 1,127.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ charge on carbon emissions from The shipping industry is esti- with what climate vulnerable is- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain (Dinar) .3768 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ shipping to help fund the sector’s mated to account for nearly 3% of land nations have already pro- Britain (Pound) 1.3833 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2524 your local military banking facility. Commercial shift toward climate-friendly fuels. the greenhouse gas emissions that posed,” said Aoife O’Leary, direc- China (Yuan) 6.4593 rates are interbank rates provided for reference are driving global warming and tor of global transportation at the Denmark (Krone) 6.2660 The International Chamber of Egypt (Pound) 15.7171 when buying currency. All figures are foreign Shipping said it’s proposing to the projected to rise significantly in the Environmental Defense Fund. Euro .8427 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7738 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ United Nations that all vessels coming decades. The Marshall Islands and the So- Hungary (Forint) 293.04 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.1988 trading globally above a certain Environmental campaigners lomon Islands, two nations with Japan (Yen) 109.85 INTEREST RATES size should pay a set amount per welcomed the ICS submission to large shipping fleets that are se- Kuwait (Dinar) .3005 Norway (Krone) 8.6646 Prime rate 3.25 metric ton of carbon dioxide they the International Maritime Orga- verely threatened by climate Philippines (Peso) 49.95 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.81 Federal funds market rate 0.09 emit. nization, but cautioned that the ex- change, have already proposed a Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7505 3­month bill 0.05 The group, representing com- tent of its ambition remains un- carbon levy starting at $100 per ton. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3424 30­year bond 1.94 WEATHER OUTLOOK TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY IN EUROPE WEDNESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 68/62 Kabul Seoul 89/57 74/67 Baghdad 109/78 Drawsko Osan Tokyo Kandahar 74/70 73/58 Mildenhall/ Pomorskie Busan 104/67 Lakenheath 68/54 81/59 79/75 Iwakuni Kuwait City 78/75 Bahrain Brussels Zagan Sasebo Guam 112/90 95/91 Ramstein 67/55 81/77 79/58 81/54 84/81 Riyadh Lajes, Stuttgart 108/77 Doha Azores Pápa 72/69 74/55 100/84 Aviano/ 75/52 Vicenza 76/57 Naples 82/67 Okinawa Morón 84/81 94/71 Sigonella Rota 80/64 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 77/64 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 100/86 75/72 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified .................... 13 Comics .........................16 Crossword ................... 16 Faces .......................... 14 Opinion ........................ 15 Sports .................... 17-24 Tuesday, September 7, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 AFGHANISTAN US bases work to reunite Afghan families BY J.P. LAWRENCE “As soon as a minor child is Stars and Stripes identified as being without any A 17-year-old boy reunited with trusted adult, we immediately be- his family at Ramstein Air Base on gin working to reunite these iden- Friday after they were separated tified minors with their families during the chaotic evacuation and with their loved ones,” Price from Afghanistan, State Depart- said. ment officials said. Most Afghans evacuated by the The boy arrived by himself at U.S. military transit through bases Ramstein earlier last week, and in Qatar and Germany before fly- was connected to the rest of his ing to bases in America for further family a few hours after they flew processing. in from Qatar on Friday, a State The task of reuniting families is Department official familiar with expected to be easier once every- the case said Saturday. one is on bases in America, instead “Reunifications of families are of in countries that can only host happening every day,” said John them for a certain number of days. Stubbs, another State Department “We’re basically in the middle official and a spokesman at Ram- of a hurricane,” a State Depart- stein. “The State Department is ment official said Sunday. “We are fielding hundreds of inquiries and working hard to reunite families PHOTOS BY J.P. LAWRENCE/Stars and Stripes working hard to reunite everyone when we can and some reunifica- Hafizullah, a relative of U.S. Embassy staff in Kabul, Afghanistan, holds his 4­year­old son Mohammad possible.” tions have already been facilitat- Salah before taking a flight to the U.S. in a hangar at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, on Wednesday. The U.S. military evacuation of ed, but others will begin once we more than 122,000 Afghans after get them safely back to the United the fall of the country to the Tali- States.” ban in mid-August left an un- At Ramstein, unaccompanied known number of families sepa- minors are placed in supervised rated along their journey. “youth pods” where they’re given The U.S. believes there are “ve- access to mental health services ry few” Afghan children arriving as well as clean clothing and blan- to the United States without an kets, a State Department official adult family member or friend, said. State Department spokesman Ned The base has hosted more than Price said Thursday. 25,000 Afghans and has become These unaccompanied minors the largest reception point for eva- are identified before they come to cuees among U.S. bases in Europe the U.S., Price said, with the help since Aug. 20, a statement from of non-governmental organiza- the 86th Airlift Wing said last week. tions such as UNICEF and Inter- An Afghan evacuee, Worahmina, holds her 15­day­old son national Organization for Migra- [email protected] Afghan evacuees wait for flights to the U.S. in a hangar at Ramstein tion. Twitter: @jplawrence3 Air Base in Germany, on Wednesday. Mustafa, while waiting for a flight. Embassy workers, contractors among those left behind BY SUSANNAH GEORGE State Department spokesperson.