When Kabul fell, Biden promised to rescue Afghan allies.

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What Happened to Rezwan <[link removed]> When Kabul fell, Biden promised to rescue Afghan allies. For 14-year-old Rezwan Kohistani and his family, that meant being sent to a remote Missouri town where no other Afghans lived. “We’d been left alone,” said Rezwan’s father. by Kartikay Mehrotra, ProPublica, and Matti Gellman, The Kansas City Star

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