Afghanistan

Three years ago, a group of young musicians from Afghanistan and their teachers fled Kabul to remake their lives as a community in northern Portugal. Now, they are touring the U.S.

More than 1,700 families were resettled in Ohio after the Afghan government collapsed to the Taliban two years ago. The immigration program they came through, humanitarian parole, expired in August, leaving their future uncertain.

Muslim killings in Albuquerque exemplify how the tensions of escaping from a war-torn country don’t end when refugees leave. We’ll look at how these murders have shaken the Muslim community in New Mexico as well as the adjustment of refugees to life in central Ohio.

The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. "All the village completely is destroyed," said one man, showing collapsed homes on a cell phone video.

The Afghan Neighbors Rental Assistance Fund will set aside $50,000 to cover rent for some 450 Afghans resettling in Columbus, in case of default.

The August attack was one of the deadliest days for American forces in the past decade of the 20-year war in Afghanistan.

Ohio has received 855 refugees from Afghanistan so far. More could be coming in the future.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says nearly 900 Afghan refugees will be arriving in Ohio and placed within eight local resettlement agencies as part of the first group of nearly 37,000 arrivals across the country.

The Community Refugee And Immigration Services said the Afghans could arrive in Columbus over several months but that details are still being coordinated.

The remains of a 22-year-old U.S. Navy sailor killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan will be returned to his hometown in Ohio on Wednesday before his funeral next week.