The Abdils decided Afghanistan was no longer safe after their 14-year-old son, Abdul-Azim, was kidnapped on his way home from school. For years, the Taliban abducted children for ransom or used them ...

As American taxpayers are plagued with high housing costs, rising medical expenses and other costs, many refugees continue to ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — When American troops withdrew from Afghanistan last year, thousands of Afghans who helped them found themselves fleeing the country for the U.S. The outpouring of support for ...

Airbnb made a commitment to offer free, temporary housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees, and has reportedly met that goal, as CEO and co-found Brian Chesky shared on Twitter this week. 6 months ago, we ...

When Kabul fell to the Taliban last August, Aziz grabbed his backpack and rushed to the airport with his wife and two young children. Seven months later, he's still living out of a backpack. Aziz and ...

Fleeing Afghanistan was a difficult decision for Said Urahman. He had to leave his homeland, friends and family behind. Months later, the 31-year-old father of three children — including a newborn — ...

A first group of Afghan refugees have arrived at a new temporary housing facility in Northern Virginia as the U.S. works to resettle people who fled the Taliban takeover of their country in August, ...

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Afghan refugees are processed at Fort Bliss' Doña Ana Village where they are being housed in New Mexico, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The Biden administration provided the first public look inside the U.S.