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Mar. 16, 2025

Afghan Baby Reunited with Father After Viral Video of Family Passing Them to U.S. Troops Over Fence

The update comes after Omar Haidari first shared thevideoon Thursday, which has since amassed more than 2.7 million views. “The chaos & fear of people is a testament to the international community’s role in AFG’s downfall & their subsequent abandonment of Afghan people,” Haidari wrote. “The future for AFG has [been] decided for its people without its people’s vote & now they live at the mercy of a terrorist group.”

Mar. 16, 2025

Afghan Dogs Found at Kabul Airport amid Evacuation Train with New Handlers: Report

Dozens of dogs found at Kabul International Airport after the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan are training with a security employees.Photo: KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty More than two dozen Afghan dogs stranded amid last month’s evacuations reportedly have a new home, new handlers and are being given new responsibilities. Hewad Azizi, who works for a security company at the Kabul International Airport,told the AFPthat he and his colleagues are now feeding, housing and working with 30 dogs at a training facility on the airport grounds.

Mar. 16, 2025

Afghan Family Now Safe in U.S. Fears Taliban's Threat to Their Relatives: 'Searching Homes and Killing People'

Bushra Farkish and son, Liam, in Seattle.Photo: Brian bowen smith It’s been almost a month since Bushra Farkish, her husband, Qais Wared, and their 11-month-old son flew out of Afghanistan on Aug. 15, the day the capital fell to Taliban control and life as she’d always known it vanished. “It was really difficult for me to accept that all of the work done in this past 20 years — when we tasted freedom and our rights — is now gone.

Mar. 16, 2025

Afghan Paralympian Set to Make History Now Among Those Unable to Compete After Taliban Takeover

Photo: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty The 23-year-old taekwondo fighter would have been the first female athlete in Afghanistan’s history to compete at the Paralympics, but her dreams are now on pause after theTalibanclaimed near-complete control of the country last week. “Unfortunately due to the current upheaval going on in Afghanistan the team could not leave Kabul in time,” Afghanistan Paralympic Committee’s London-based Chef de Mission Arian Sadiqi told the outlet, adding that plane ticket prices increased in recent days as residents tried to flee the country.

Mar. 16, 2025

Afghan Parents Name Baby After Call Sign of U.S. Air Force Plane Where She Was Delivered

Photo: Tech. Sgt. Zachary Boyer/U.S. Air Force General Tod D. Wolters, the commander of U.S. European Command, said that the infant is in good health after the inflight delivery, in addition to two other babies of Afghan refugees that were born at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. “All three babies are good,” Wolters said Wednesday in apress conference. “So that that child’s name will forever be Reach,” he continued. “And if you can well imagine being an Air Force fighter pilot, it’s my dream to watch that young child called Reach grow up and be a U.