Many who left the country in August are waiting for medical and security screenings and flights from overseas that were halted by measles.
Tag: Refugees and Displaced Persons
Thousands of Afghans on American Military Bases Await Resettlement
Many who left the country in August are waiting for medical and security screenings and flights from overseas that were halted by measles.
In Albania, Afghan Refugees Live in Luxury and Trauma
Albania, which has committed to taking in up to 4,000 refugees from Afghanistan, is housing several hundred in resorts on the Adriatic coast.
A Million Afghan Children Could Die in ‘Most Perilous Hour,’ U.N. Warns
The international community pledged more than $1 billion in emergency aid as millions of Afghans risk running out of food just as winter sets in.
‘We Truly Have Lost Everything’: A Journey Out of Kabul the Day It Fell
Nadima Sahar, a government official, was determined to stay. But then she learned the palace staff, and maybe even the president, had already fled.
Afghans Flee to Pakistan. An Uncertain Future Awaits.
Refugees have drawn an angry response from many in that country, leading to discrimination and efforts to force them to go back to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan Aid Workers Tread a Tricky Path Under Taliban Rule
Afghanistan desperately needs aid. Nonprofits desperately want to provide it. But the aid groups are being tested as never before by the uncertainty that has followed the Taliban takeover.
Aid Workers Staying in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan Tread a Tricky Path
Afghanistan desperately needs aid. Nonprofits desperately want to provide it. But the aid groups are being tested as never before by the uncertainty that has followed the Taliban takeover.
Americans Stretch Across Political Divides to Welcome Afghan Refugees
“Even the most right-leaning isolationists” are coming forward to help those fleeing Afghanistan, a pastor said. A mass mobilization is underway.
As Afghan Refugee Crisis Unfolds, Koreans Recall ‘Miracle’ Evacuation
The U.S. military evacuated 91,000 people out of a North Korean port in 1950. By some estimates, it was the single largest wartime refugee evacuation in American history until Afghanistan.