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The Afghan community in the United States was minimal until large numbers were admitted as refugees following the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Others have arrived similarly during and after the latest war in Afghanistan. [11] [12] Afghan Americans reside and work all across the United States. [6]
[58] Afghan refugees were admitted to India during and after the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989). [60] A lot of the once-vibrant Sikhs in Afghanistan and Afghan Hindus have become refugees in India following the wars. [61] Also much of Afghanistan's Christian community thrives within India. [62]
Pakistan has sought to expel remnants of the Afghan Mujahideen from its borders since the end of the Soviet–Afghan War. Among the approximately three million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, thousands of children were educated in madrasa boarding schools financed by aid from the US and Gulf monarchies.
When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, Saeed Taraky was one of approximately 78,000 Afghan allies left behind. He had worked with the United States military for nearly 10 ...
Soviet fighters and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Air Force bombers occasionally bombed Pakistani villages along the Pakistani-Afghan border. The target of Soviet and Afghan fighters and bombers were Afghan refugees camps on Pakistan side of the border. [50] These attacks are known to have caused at least 300 civilian deaths and extensive ...
Both American prosecutors and the defense say the case has elements of an honor killing, part of a legacy of violence that has followed some Afghan refugees from their war-torn land to other ...
The Afghan community in the United States was minimal until large numbers were admitted as refugees following the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Others have arrived similarly during and after the latest war in Afghanistan. [12] [13] Afghan Americans reside and work all across the United States. [14]
In the largest community of Afghan refugees in America, anger and frustration is boiling over about the U.S. military withdrawal and a return to Taliban rule.