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PublishedNovember 20, 2021
Lewiston to resettle a number of Afghan refugee families
Maine Immigrant & Refugee Services will begin resettling between 50-100 Afghan refugees next week. The agency has been collecting donated items.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2021
New Portland VA clinic poised to serve Maine veterans for decades to come
The $64 million Veterans Administration outpatient clinic on West Commercial Street is set to open in January.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2021
A rebel, a bureaucrat: The women who stayed in Afghanistan
Many have fled the country in response to the Taliban takeover, fearing a return to the brutal repression that marked the group’s previous rule in the late 1990s.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2021
Watchdog finds no misconduct in mistaken Afghan airstrike by U.S.
The Aug. 29 drone attack on a white Toyota Corolla sedan in Kabul killed Zemerai Ahmadi and nine family members, including seven children.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2021
Afghan evacuees begin to arrive in Maine
The first of what could be as many as 100 Afghan evacuees to come to Maine arrived at Portland International Jetport on Thursday.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2021
Islamic State bomber kills 46 inside Afghan mosque in challenge to Taliban
A statement says the attack targeted both Shiites and the Taliban for their purported willingness to expel ethnic Uygher Muslims to meet demands from China.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2021
Hundreds of asylum seekers wait in Portland-area hotels because apartments are so scarce
More than 300 immigrants who arrived in Portland recently are waiting for permanent housing in a tight rental market.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2021
Afghan government collapse rooted in 2020 deal with Taliban, general says
Wednesday's hearing was politically charged, with Republicans seeking to cast President Biden as wrongheaded on Afghanistan, and Democrats pointing to what they called ill-advised decisions during the Trump years.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2021
Joint Chiefs chairman calls 20-year Afghanistan War a ‘strategic failure’
Gen. Mark Milley says the American government may have put too much faith in its ability to build a viable Afghan government.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2021
Afghan evacuees to begin arriving in Maine as soon as this week
Catholic Charities Maine is heading up the resettlement of 67 to 100 Afghans who fled their homeland as the U.S. military withdrew from the 20-year war.
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