They escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin. Now they've resettled across the nation
As President Donald Trump works to limit the number of immigrants in the country, Afghans who fled Taliban rule are adjusting to life in the U.S.
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10 Months Later, Afghan Refugees Labor to Build New Lives in US
They both arrived in Alexandria after spending four months at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and a ... "He's truly in the top 1% of Afghan refugees," said Scott Sadler, a communications contractor ...
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Resilience, generosity, and hope
Afghan refugee Farhad Sharifi escaped violence in his home country ... Farhad Sharifi was staying at Camp Atterbury in Indiana, just seven hours away from Fort McCoy. Sharifi was fluent in English and ...
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UN agencies raise alarm over Pakistan’s move to deport thousands of Afghans waiting to go to the US
ISLAMABAD — The U.N. refugees and migration agencies on Wednesday expressed their concern over Pakistan’s decision to deport thousands of Afghan refugees awaiting relocation to the United ...
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They escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin. Now they've resettled across the nation
With nearly 13,000 evacuees, Fort McCoy was the second-largest Afghan refugee encampment in the U.S. All have since been resettled, with the last Afghans leaving the fort three years ago in ...
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They escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin. Now they've resettled across the nation
Since she escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin more than three years ago, Zahra Hakimi has experienced a brightness to her life that would have been stripped from her had she stayed in her native ...