Posted on Aug 15, 2022
A year since the Taliban takeover, Kansas City has become home to 760 Afghan refugees
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Hundreds of refugees have found housing, jobs and new lives in Kansas City since the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan. But many remain separated from their family members, and are struggling with an uncertain future here.
Mohammad Aman Wak slices away thin strips of fat from a chunk of beef he’s trimming with a sharp blade. Barrel-chested with thick forearms, the 64-year-old banters good naturedly with two other aproned Afghan refugees, all tending the butcher shop at Pak Halal International Grocery in Lenexa, Kansas.
Aman Wak arrived here in late 2021. A former colonel in Afghanistan's army, he joined the first wave of refugees fleeing the country after the United States withdrew its military last year.
Mohammad Aman Wak slices away thin strips of fat from a chunk of beef he’s trimming with a sharp blade. Barrel-chested with thick forearms, the 64-year-old banters good naturedly with two other aproned Afghan refugees, all tending the butcher shop at Pak Halal International Grocery in Lenexa, Kansas.
Aman Wak arrived here in late 2021. A former colonel in Afghanistan's army, he joined the first wave of refugees fleeing the country after the United States withdrew its military last year.
A year since the Taliban takeover, Kansas City has become home to 760 Afghan refugees
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."But that legislation still has to pass through both branches of Congress.
Still, Faqiry remains optimistic about his future in the Midwest.
“Now my hopes are tied to here, to Kansas City,” Faqiry says. “I feel I can achieve my dreams here in Kansas City."
..."But that legislation still has to pass through both branches of Congress.
Still, Faqiry remains optimistic about his future in the Midwest.
“Now my hopes are tied to here, to Kansas City,” Faqiry says. “I feel I can achieve my dreams here in Kansas City."
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