Des Moines Area Community College donates 50 laptops to Afghan refugees
Nabi Mohammadi speaks at a news conference Thursday about Des Moines Area Community College’s donation of laptops to Afghan refugees resettling in the Des Moines area. DMACC President Rob Denson made the announcement. Des Moines Area Community…
DMACC donates laptops to Afghan refugees resettling in Des Moines
Des Moines Area Community College announced a donation Thursday that will help newcomers settling in central Iowa. The college is partnering with Des Moines Refugee Support to donate 50 Chromebook laptops to Afghan refugees who are resettling in greater…
Afghan evacuation effort earns White House support with help from San Diego veteran
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Navy veteran Shawn VanDiver sipped a sugar-free Red Bull, working his laptop and talking on his phone from a window table at the University Club atop Symphony Towers downtown Tuesday. He was doing what he’s done almost every day…
Appeal for unwanted tech to help Afghan refugees arriving in the UK
The public and businesses across the UK have been urged to donate unwanted smartphones and tablets to help refugees arriving from Afghanistan. © Luciana Guerra A campaign to digitally connect Afghans arriving in the UK has appealed for unwanted…
The Taliban tracked down and killed 4 Afghan counterterrorism agents, in one case pulling out all their fingernails, report says
Taliban soldiers stand near vehicles parked near the destroyed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) base in Deh Sabz district northeast of Kabul on September 6, 2021. AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images Elite Taliban death squads have tracked down and killed…
Afghan doctor’s family endures Taliban beatings to reach US: ‘I want to contribute something to this country’
Dr. Wais Aria, an Afghan human rights activist whose work centers on treating women and children who have survived trauma from terrorism, war and domestic violence, barely made it out of Kabul with his own family after Taliban fighters assaulted him…