He and his family lived on their farm before they got established in Fergus Falls. Sami Massoodi, who has a degree in livestock management, also worked for Clarin’s team in Afghanistan and arrived in 2017. The only other Afghan family in town is his cousin’s. military bases as resettlement agencies struggle to keep up.Ĭlarin knows she cannot save everyone, but she's determined to help those she can.Īfter she left Afghanistan in 2011, she was consumed by anger over her program being gutted as the U.S. forces withdrew, more than 70,000 Afghans have come to the United States and thousands are languishing at U.S. She’s driven by fear her team will be killed by the Taliban, though the new government has promised not to retaliate against Afghans who helped the U.S. She calls senators to apply pressure so they don’t languish like the thousands of other visa applications in the backlogged system for Afghans who supported the U.S. She has stepped up her efforts, working endless hours, diligently tracking their visa applications. Since the Taliban seized power in August, texts from those remaining have grown more urgent and Clarin says she can “feel the panic increasing" as winter approaches and food shortages grow.
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