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For Afghan refugees, traditional rugs offer comfort

4th January, 2022 · admin

Chicago Sun Times: Rugs are so central to Afghan culture they often are used as currency. So it is a shock when refugees must leave their rugs behind. Having a traditional rug in their new place can help them adjust. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghan Carpet Exports Increase Amid Economic Crisis

Posted in Art and Culture, Economic News, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Afghan Rugs / Carpets, Afghan-American community |
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Newly arrived Afghans get creative and find their own way to homes

22nd November, 2021 · admin

NPR: The camps at military bases around the U.S. are supposed to be temporary, the last stop for just-arrived Afghan refugees before they move on to permanent homes. But for many, the weeks are stretching into months, with no clear end in sight. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghanistan Has the Most

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Posted in Refugees and Migrants, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan-American community |
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Proud Boys-Linked ‘Afghan Refugee Hunting Permit’ Found at Michigan Campus

14th September, 2021 · admin

Newsweek: The stickers were apparently advocating for the murder of Afghans as tens of thousands of refugees are to set to be housed in the U.S. after they were evacuated from Kabul in August, prior to the Taliban retaking the country. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Refugees and Migrants, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan-American community, White terror |
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Afghans Find Themselves Unable to Work or Attend School in US

13th September, 2021 · admin

 After undergoing the traumatic experience of leaving their home country, thousands of Afghans are relieved to be in the United States. Many are finding, however, that they have been granted temporary status, forbidding them to work or attend school. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti takes a look at how evacuees are coping with the lack of

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Posted in Refugees and Migrants, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan-American community, Asylum, Escape from the Taliban |
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Biden Vows To Retaliate For Deadly Attack On Kabul Airport, Evacuations To Continue

27th August, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 26, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to retaliate against the Islamic State group after suicide bombings outside Kabul’s airport killed at least 12 U.S. troops and dozens of Afghans, with many more wounded, just days before an August 31 deadline for foreign troops to leave Afghanistan. “To those who

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan-American community, Escape from the Taliban, ISIS/DAESH War on Muslims, Taliban vs. ISIS |
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Afghan Immigrants Find a Home in Las Vegas

21st January, 2020 · admin
Posted in Refugees and Migrants, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan-American community |
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Afghans celebrate Nowroz in California

21st March, 2019 · admin
Posted in Art and Culture, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Afghan Diaspora, Afghan-American community, Nowroz |
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Afghans in the US with mental illness

28th November, 2018 · admin
Posted in Health News, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Afghan-American community, Mental Health |
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New Hampshire Elects Afghan Refugee Who Fled Taliban To State House

7th November, 2018 · admin

The Huffington Post: A woman who fled the Taliban in Afghanistan won election to New Hampshire’s House of Representatives on Tuesday, the first former refugee to win a seat in the state legislature. Democrat Safiya Wazir, 27, a mother of two who escaped Afghanistan as a child, defeated Republican Dennis Soucy for the seat. She lived

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Posted in Afghan Women, Refugees and Migrants, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Diaspora, Afghan-American community, Safiya Wazir |
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Afghan Refugee, 27, Wins Primary Election For Seat In New Hampshire State Legislature

12th September, 2018 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 12, 2018 A 27-year-old Afghan refugee has won the Democratic primary for a seat in the legislature of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, defeating a fellow Democrat who held the seat for four terms. Safiya Wazir defeated District 17 State Representative Dick Patten, who said during the campaign that

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Posted in Refugees and Migrants, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan-American community, Safiya Wazir |
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