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'They are safe here.' Snohomish County welcomes hundreds of Afghans
EVERETT — Amid the Taliban’s rise, more than 300 evacuees from Afghanistan were welcomed to Snohomish County between October and the end of January.
Another 150 were expected by mid-February, advocates say.
Those numbers don’t account for all arrivals from Afghanistan, only those served by a welcoming center the county stood up in October. The increase this month is due to the federal government’s move to resettle all those still staying on U.S. military bases by Feb. 15.
Officials and advocates prefer not to say what places are seeing newfound Afghan communities due to concerns over threats of violence.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/they-are-safe-here-snohomish-county-welcomes-hundreds-of-afghans/