FORT MCCOY, Wis. (WKBT) — Roughly 12,500 Afghan refugees are staying at Fort McCoy. For the first time, we are hearing from one of them. He says things are not going well. This refugee has ...

One U.S. Army sergeant at Fort McCoy understands what it’s like to settle down in a new country. He is using that experience to help Afghan refugees find comfort on their new home soil.

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 ...

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 ...

When news broke in August that Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban would be coming to the Midwest, Sonia Sahar Anunciacion felt compelled to help. Anunciacion is a Shakopee resident and business ...

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 ...

APPLETON (WLUK) -- When U.S. military forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, it led to the displacement of hundreds of ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Since she escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin more than three years ago, Zahra Hakimi has experienced a brightness to her life ...