Duffels for Dignity and the community support foster children need
"When families come on our radar, we need the community to step in and wrap around those families. That's how things change," said Starla Abraham with DFPS.
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Afghans who helped Americans fear Taliban retribution after U.S. suspends refugee program
Some 200,000 Afghans left behind during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal are now left in further limbo by the Trump administration’s refugee program suspension. Many fought alongside the U.S. and received ...
Former Iraqi refugee living in Texas pleads guilty to conspiring to support ISIS
Abdulrahman Mohammed Hafedh Alqaysi, 28, pleaded guilty to creating and developing logos for ISIS’s media wing, known as the ...
Residents flee border area as Afghan and Pakistani forces clash over crossing closure
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Residents fled a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan after forces from both sides clashed ...
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2 Dogs Found Abandoned in Cage in Utah Desert with ‘No Food or Water’: 'Left to Die'
The two dogs were found abandoned in a cage in the Utah desert ...
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Woman walking alone is offered a ride by a stranger, then she’s raped, OK cops say
She initially refused, and then accepted the proposed offer from Noor Afghan to drive her home in October, according to Tulsa police. But Afghan didn’t take the woman home, according to police.
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Ida E. Miller 1923-2025
She was known for crocheting and giving away countless beautiful afghan blankets and scarves — items that will now be treasured and handed down as heirlooms. She was also generous with her time ...
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How the federal funding freeze is impacting refugees in North Texas
DALLAS — As courts grapple with the legality of the Trump administration's freeze on refugee admissions and special immigrant visas, immigrants from Afghanistan already in the United States are ...
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Trump’s foreign aid pause imperils education programs for Afghan women
Banned from school by the Taliban, Afghan women fear that President Donald Trump’s suspension of foreign assistance will deny them a last chance at an education. After the U.S. military’s ...
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Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure, sources say
Family members of Afghan-American U.S. military personnel, children cleared to reunite with their parents, relatives of Afghans already admitted and tens of thousands of Afghans who worked for the ...
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These soldiers risked their lives serving in Afghanistan. Now they plead with Trump to bring their sister to the U.S.
Also, sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Afghan brothers worked closely with the American military for years ...