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Illustrative: Activists hold a banner during a pro-refugee demonstration organized by HIAS outside the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 14, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images via JTA)
February 11, 2025, 11:18 am
Jewish group, church organizations sue Trump administration over refugee freeze
HIAS says US president exceeded his authority in executive order suspending all refugee admissions, including some 1,660 Afghans already cleared to resettle
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Afghan refugees wait for registration after their deportation from Iran, at a registration center near the Afghanistan-Iran border in the Islam Qala district of Herat province, Sep. 12, 2024. (Mohsen KARIMI / AFP)
September 25, 2024, 11:42 am
Driven out of Iran, Afghan refugees tell of government-led persecution, torture
Having fled decades of war and unemployment, refugees are now blamed for soaring crime and prices, with authorities vowing to expel them and punish those who help them
By Pascale TROUILLAUD and Qubad Wali
Ukrainian evacuees celebrate a pre-Thanksgiving meal at the Ukrainian American Civic Center in Buffalo, New York. (Courtesy of Jewish Federations of North America via JTA)
November 24, 2022, 3:01 am
US Jewish community groups host Afghan, Ukrainian evacuees for Thanksgiving meals
From New York to California, volunteers introduce refugees to American holiday for the first time, keeping with longstanding Jewish tradition of welcoming the stranger
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Afghanistan's national cycling champion Fariba Hashimi (2R) and her sister Yulduz (2L) receive their contracts from the owner of Women’s WorldTour team Israel – Premier Tech Roland, Sylvan Adams, in Aigle, Switzerland, October 23, 2022. (Noa Arnon/courtesy)
October 25, 2022, 2:54 am
Exiled Afghan women’s cycling champ to ride for Israeli team
Fariba Hashimi, who fled with her sister days before the Taliban takeover, vows to ‘race for all the women in Afghanistan’ after joining Israel – Premier Tech Roland
By ToI Staff
Brooklyn musician and paralegal Nat Rosenzweig is working to help an Afghan man he met on the app Clubhouse move to the United States. (Collage by Mollie Suss/ JTA)
August 14, 2022, 4:06 am
After meeting on Clubhouse, a NY Jew is working to help an Afghan man out of Kabul
34-year-old musician Nat Rosenzweig is raising funds to secure safe passage for a man who’d worked with the US Army and has been hiding from the Taliban for nearly a year
By Sarah Rosen
Refugees from many different countries - from Africa, Middle East and India - mostly students of Ukrainian universities are seen at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, in eastern Poland on February 27, 2022 (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
February 28, 2022, 12:13 pm
Ukraine refugee crisis highlights mistreatment of those fleeing Middle East, Africa
Warm welcome at borders contrasts with hostility, harsh language faced by others looking for safe haven
By Renata Brito
Afghan men sit in a bus in Herat, Afghanistan, on November 22, 2021, for a 300-mile trip south to Nimrooz near the Iranian border. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
January 28, 2022, 3:36 am
Haunted by Holocaust, Israeli charity assists Afghans fleeing Taliban rule
Lawyer Inbar Nacht says dramatic events at Kabul airport touched her ‘most fundamental Jewish feelings’; IsraAid, 2nd Israeli group, helped 200 at-risk refugees reach safe shores
By Jonah Mandel
Afghan refugees meet Alexander Machkevitch, honorary president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), and EAJC Chairman Aaron G. Frenkel. (IsraAID)
January 18, 2022, 12:48 pm
Afghan refugees saved by Israelis finally meet their rescuers
87 Afghanis, part of larger group rescued in October in an effort led by IsraAID, reside in Albania as they await resettlement in Canada
By ToI Staff
A nurse checks the weight of a child in a makeshift clinic organized by World Vision, at a settlement near Herat, Afghanistan, on December 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov, File)
January 12, 2022, 10:58 am
UN seeks $5b in aid for Afghanistan as millions suffer humanitarian crisis
Appeal is largest-ever by organization; Afghanistan ambassador says country ‘experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis of its contemporary history’
By Edith M. Lederer
Shoshana Akabas founded the New Neighbors Partnership after working with refugees and immigrants through volunteer work at her synagogue, B’nai Jeshurun on the Upper West Side. (Courtesy New Neighbors Partnership/ via JTA)
January 9, 2022, 3:30 am
When refugees arrive in America, a NY nonprofit makes sure they feel like neighbors
The New Neighbors Partnership matches arriving families with established ones with kids of the same age, so hand-me-downs can keep coming for years and lasting relationships formed
By julia GERGELY
A still of 'Amin' from 'Flee' by filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen. (Courtesy of Neon)
December 10, 2021, 3:40 pm
In documentary ‘Flee,’ animation helps an Afghan refugee open up to an old friend
The film opened in US theaters Dec. 3 and is sweeping up awards; in it, ‘Amin,’ a gay academic with family in Afghanistan, tells a harrowing story that is far too common
By Jordan Hoffman
In this file photo, taken on October 26, 2016, Pakistan's Inam Khan, owner of a book shop shows a copy of a magazine with the photograph of Afghan refugee woman Sharbat Gulla, from his rare collection in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)
November 25, 2021, 10:46 pm
Green-eyed Afghan refugee in famous magazine cover flees to Rome
Italy organizes ‘wide’ evacuation of Afghanis following Taliban takeover, including Sharbat Gulla, who was featured in National Geographic in 1984
By AP
Asylum seekers from Afghanistan reach Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates on Sept. 6, 2021. (IsraAID)
September 21, 2021, 1:38 am
Israeli philanthropists, IsraAID help dozens flee Afghanistan for UAE
Effort led by Aaron G. Frenkel, aviation professional who helped airlift thousands of Jews out of the Soviet Union
By Cnaan Liphshiz
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) is welcomed upon his arrival by MFA Director of Protocol Ambassador Ibrahim Fakhro (L) at Old Doha Airport in Qatar's capital on September 6, 2021 (Olivier DOULIERY / POOL / AFP)
September 7, 2021, 5:09 am
Blinken in Doha for Afghan crisis talks with Qatar
US secretary of state thanks country for helping facilitate transit of refugees; is due to meet rescued Afghans, US diplomats who left Afghanistan
By Shaun Tandon
Passengers disembark as they arrive from Kandahar, at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. Some domestic flights have resumed at Kabul's airport, with the state-run Ariana Afghan Airlines operating flights to three provinces. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)
September 6, 2021, 2:47 am
Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving Afghanistan
At least 4 jets chartered to evacuate hundreds held up at Mazar-e-Sharif, with conflicting accounts over why the flights are being held up
By KATHY GANNON
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