They Worked for America. Now These Afghans Face Violence and Poverty Here. – The New York Times

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They Worked for America. Now These Afghans Face Violence and Poverty Here.

Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. military were granted safe haven in California. Danger awaited them there as well.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/they-worked-for-america-now-these-afghans-face-violence-and-poverty-here/

Their ordeal was covered by The Sacramento Bee in a touching story about the funeral that was accompanied by an emotional image by staff photographer Paul Kitagaki Jr. The daily story might have faded from public memory if another staff photographer, Renée Byer — who is married to Mr. Kitagaki — had not been moved by that image to dig deeper. The results of her exploration are on exhibit this week at the Visa Pour l’Image photo festival in Perpignan, France.