One Afghan refugee on her 'desperate hope' for her homeland, life in the U.S.

Correction: Muqadessa Yourish had already left her last government job as commissioner for Afghanistan’s civil service before the August, 2021 Taliban takeover of Kabul. At the time of the takeover, she was with Lapis Communications. NewsHour regrets the error.


Thousands of Afghan refugees are now in the process of settling into American life following their evacuation from Afghanistan when the Taliban took control of the country in August. Those refugees are mostly scattered among eight military bases around the United States. But approximately 10,000 have resettled in different communities. Nick Schifrin has the story of one such Afghan refugee.

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