Refugees had been at special risk as they had worked for the US during the war
As he stepped outside the sliding doors at Virginia’s Dulles airport last Wednesday, Abdul Waris allowed himself a moment to smile in relief. It was his first time in the United States, and just days earlier he was at the Hamid Karzai international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, desperately trying to get out of the country.
“It was very difficult,” he said. “But I’m happy to come here, because over there the situation is very bad.”
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