Tag: Afghan
U.S. Struggles With Afghan Evacuees Weeded Out in Vetting and Now in Limbo
But the United States took them to military bases in Persian Gulf countries and Europe for scrutiny. At these transit zones, known as “lily pads,” [...]
Detention of an Afghan at Guantánamo Bay Is Ruled Unlawful
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled that the United States has no legal basis for holding an Afghan man at Guantánamo Bay because although he fo [...]
Bitcoin Won’t Save the Afghan People
Over the past few years, the residents of countries in financial distress have increasingly turned to cryptocurrency. In Kenya, Nigeria, the Philip [...]
How 3 Strangers a World Away Came to the Rescue of a Badly Burned Afghan Girl
Asma told her family she wanted to be a doctor. They asked her what kind. A children’s doctor?Not just any doctor, Asma told them, pointing an inde [...]
How 3 Strangers a World Away Came to the Rescue of a Badly Burned Afghan Girl
Asma told her family she wanted to be a doctor. They asked her what kind. A children’s doctor?Not just any doctor, Asma told them, pointing an inde [...]
E.U. Pledges $1.15 Billion in Afghan Aid as U.S. Talks to Taliban
WASHINGTON — World leaders met virtually on Tuesday to discuss ways of preventing an economic and humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, but the Bid [...]
Lawmakers Press to Rescue Afghan Relatives of U.S. Troops
WASHINGTON — More than a month after a frenzied U.S. effort to evacuate thousands facing retribution from the Taliban in Afghanistan, members of Co [...]
Vietnamese Americans Mobilize to Welcome Afghan Refugees
In the middle of the night, Uyen Nguyen trudged through a grassy marshland with her mother and three siblings until they reached the edge of the oc [...]
Poll: Americans support Afghan refugees, but don’t see all of them as equal in resettlement
Though Americans largely support efforts to resettle Afghan refugees in the US, they are considerably more likely to welcome Afghans who worked [...]
Ben Wallace on action over Afghan data breach reveals personal details
Ben Wallace has told MPs it was an "understatement" he was angered over an email giving personal details of Afghan translators, some of whom are in [...]
Afghanistan: Defence secretary angered over Afghan data breach
Ben Wallace apologises to Afghan interpreters, mistakenly copied into an email, as one person is suspended.
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C.D.C. Mandates Measles Vaccinations, Quarantines for Afghan Refugees
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is requiring Afghan refugees to get vaccinated against measles and quarantine for 21 days, after som [...]
Probe launched into Afghan interpreter data breach
More than 250 people seeking relocation to the UK were mistakenly copied in to an email from the MoD.
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