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Young Afghan woman, separated from family in US, pleads for help getting out

Saturday, October 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- "I'm in danger," the daughter cried to her father from thousands of miles away in Afghanistan. "We cannot go outside with friends. Before, we were going outside to restaurants, shopping, but now we are like prisoners in our own home," she said, her... Read More.

Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 evacuated from Afghanistan

Monday, October 11 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) — An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then Sen. Joe Biden during a congressional delegation visit to Afghanistan in 2008 has been evacuated from the country, the State Department and the nonprofit that coordinated his travel confirmed to ABC News on Monday. The interpreter... Read More.

Biden admits historic low number of refugees, outside of Afghan evacuees

Thursday, October 7 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- With the fall of the Afghan government, the Biden administration has so far brought roughly 60,000 Afghans to the U.S., with plans for tens of thousands more to arrive in the next year. But those high numbers belie a broken refugee resettlement program... Read More.

Taliban official’s comments on education, jobs fuel more fears for Afghan women’s rights

Wednesday, September 29 by ABC News

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Over one month into Taliban control of Afghanistan, fears for women's and girl's rights and education have only grown -- fueled further Tuesday by a top Taliban official's comments that "women will not be allowed to come to universities or work." The... Read More.

Female US service member allegedly assaulted by male Afghan refugees at Fort Bliss

Saturday, September 25 by ABC News

(FORT BLISS, N.M.) — The FBI is investigating after a female U.S. service member reported she was assaulted by a group of male Afghan evacuees at Fort Bliss in New Mexico. The woman, who was helping to support the evacuees brought from Afghanistan to the... Read More.

US general admits drone strike near Afghan airport that killed 10 was a ‘mistake’

Friday, September 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Central Command Gen. Frank McKenzie admitted at a briefing Friday that the Aug. 29 drone strike near Kabul airport was "a mistake." Ten people were killed in the strike, which the U.S. believed was targeting a terrorist, but instead killed an aid... Read More.

US families step up to welcome Afghan refugees in their homes

Monday, September 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Kenneth and Adi Martinez have an extra bedroom in the home they share outside of Seattle with their 6-month-old son and 3-year-old daughter. So when the Martinezes watched the coverage of tens of thousands of people fleeing Afghanistan last month as the Taliban took over,... Read More.

Afghan girls in climbing group wait and hope, desperate to escape Taliban rule

Thursday, September 9 by ABC News

(AFGHANISTAN) -- For girls and young women accustomed to mountain climbing and physical fitness training six times a week, being confined in a crowded wedding hall near an airport in northern Afghanistan is a different kind of challenge -- one with their fates at... Read More.

Blinken meets with unaccompanied Afghan children at Ramstein Air Base

Thursday, September 9 by ABC News

(RAMSTEIN-MIESENBACH, Germany) -- The 8-year old Afghan girl, housed at Ramstein Air Base without her parents, decided to share her dreams with the U.S. staffers running the "youth pod" where she was staying. She wanted to be a pilot, she told them. When word got to... Read More.

9-month-old Afghan girl dies after evacuation flight to US

Thursday, September 2 by ABC News

(PHILADELPHIA) -- A 9-month-old Afghan girl flying on a U.S. evacuation flight to Philadelphia died Wednesday night, a Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. The baby girl arrived with her family from Ramstein Air Base in Germany after they were evacuated from Afghanistan,... Read More.

A flight they’ll never forget: Afghan evacuation crews recount journey

Wednesday, September 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- For the thousands of Afghan evacuees bound for the U.S., their rescue flights to America were just one more step in a long journey, but for the airline crews who brought them here -- the flights are the most memorable of their... Read More.

Inside State Department officials’ scramble to rescue Americans, Afghan partners

Wednesday, September 1 by ABC News

(WASHNGTON) -- When the young boy, just 13 or 14 years-old, was safely inside the gates of Kabul's international airport, U.S. State Department officials there asked two questions: Where were his parents? And why was there blood all over his clothes? "He said that somebody... Read More.

Stories tagged with: afghan

Young Afghan woman, separated from family in US, pleads for help getting out

Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 evacuated from Afghanistan

Biden admits historic low number of refugees, outside of Afghan evacuees

Taliban official’s comments on education, jobs fuel more fears for Afghan women’s rights

Female US service member allegedly assaulted by male Afghan refugees at Fort Bliss

US general admits drone strike near Afghan airport that killed 10 was a ‘mistake’

US families step up to welcome Afghan refugees in their homes

Blinken meets with unaccompanied Afghan children at Ramstein Air Base

9-month-old Afghan girl dies after evacuation flight to US

A flight they’ll never forget: Afghan evacuation crews recount journey

Inside State Department officials’ scramble to rescue Americans, Afghan partners

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