10-Year-Old Afghan Boy Makes Harrowing Journey to New Home in America, Starts School

10-Year-Old Afghan Boy Makes Harrowing Journey to New Home in America, Starts School
Courtesy of Bahaudin Mujtaba
Michael Wing
Michael Wing
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Amidst the chaos and scandal of the U.S.’s Afghanistan evacuation—as thousands flee the country, with many still stranded—a young Afghan boy successfully made the journey state side, to his new home in Florida.

After the collapse of the Afghan government in August, the process of adopting 10-year-old Noman, then caught between two very different systems, got even more complicated.

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