Seattle Afghan Refugees
A group of former Vietnamese refugees in Seattle called Viets4Afghans is organizing relief and sponsorships for Afghan refugees.
The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan saw refugees scattered around the world. A group of former Vietnamese refugees in Seattle is organizing relief and sponsorships to help those fleeing the Taliban.
Afghanistan's refugee crisis resonates with the many Vietnamese-Americans that fled their nation in 1975. 'We share this feeling of abandonment. We were in this to fight with the U.S. and then the U.S. left us', says Thanh Tan, whose father fled Vietnam after the communist takeover. She's part of Viets4Afghans, a Seattle group dedicated to supporting Afghan refugees. 'It's been healing as a veteran to give back in this way', says Afghanistan veteran Dede Tran, a daughter of Vietnamese refugees.
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