Over the last few days resettled Afghans have spoken by phone to relatives in Kabul who described harrowing moments and the anxiety of not knowing what comes next. “Although we have established lives in the United States, we have an emotional stake in what happens in Afghanistan.” ![]() ![]() “We’ve all left a little piece of ourselves in Afghanistan,” said Khaled Hosseini, the author of the 2003 best seller “The Kite Runner” who settled in San Jose four decades ago. Afghans have also congregated in New York, Sacramento, in Southern California and in Virginia.Įven Afghans who have lived in the United States for decades say they felt a pit in their stomach watching the speed of the Taliban takeover. In the 1980s, resettlement agencies moved many of them to the San Francisco Bay Area because it was cheap, a community program provided cultural resources and the weather reminded Afghans of their home, said Rona Popal, the executive director of the Afghan Coalition, a community assistance organization.
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