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Some Unaccompanied Afghan Children in U.S. Suffer Panic Attacks, Depression
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-unaccompanied-afghan-children-in-the-u-s-suffer-panic-attacks-depression-11665836536 Mahsa Zahrabi, 17, at her foster parents’ home in Stafford, Va. Biden administration pressured to keep promises to try to reunite families separated at Kabul airport Mahsa Zahrabi, 17, at her foster parents’ home in Stafford, Va. By Jessica Donati | Photographs by Valerie Plesch for The Wall Street Journal Updated Oct. 15, 2022
Afghan Refugees Suspend Protests at U.A.E. Camp After Talks With U.S.
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Son of former Afghan defense minister buys $20 million Beverly Hills mansion, media reveals
The US government spent $85 billion on the Afghan military, only to see it surrender to the Taliban without a fight. Now the son of a former defense minister is spending millions to buy a luxury mansion with a view of Los Angeles. A man by the name of Daoud Wardak has recently bought the…
Afghan girls stuck at home, waiting for Taliban plan to re-open schools
(Reuters) - As the weeks pass in Afghanistan, the new Taliban administration has yet to announce when it will re-open secondary schools for girls, leaving them stuck at home while their brothers return to class.Two weeks since boys in classes above the sixth grade were told to go back to school, the government says it…
The Afghan army’s collapse ‘took us all by surprise:’ US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a hearing on the Afghan war
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said the Afghan army's collapse surprised the Pentagon. He was speaking with senators at a congressional hearing about the Afghan war. Gen. Mark Milley said the US still needed to find out why Afghan troops surrendered so easily. LoadingSomething is loading. Top American defense officials said on Tuesday that…