Four young children hiding in a Kabul apartment have landed in the US -- and will soon reunite with their mother

Four young siblings who had been hiding alone in an apartment in Afghanistan's capital landed in the United States on Sunday evening, marking the end of a frantic, days-long rescue mission to get them to safety.

"My children are now safe," Suneeta told CNN Saturday morning, while her children journeyed to the US. "I can't express my happiness, or my emotions." Suneeta, who did not want her full name or her children's names published because of safety concerns, says she had been especially worried for their safety because of her husband's work with US troops prior to his disappearance roughly eight years ago. She says she has tried to bring her children to the US since her move in 2018. But when Taliban fighters retook Kabul and claimed control of Afghanistan, her mission became more urgent than ever.