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The Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team has been internationally recognized. They’ve won numerous awards for their skills in engineering and robotics. Many of the former team members have dispersed to other countries to pursue their education, including Ayda Haydarpour, an incoming freshman at Virginia Tech.
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Those working to resettle thousands of people fleeing Afghanistan through Virginia are putting part of themselves into the effort.
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As Virginia coordinates public health efforts with the federal agencies in the effort to resettle Afghans and repatriate Americans from Afghanistan, very few arrivals have tested positive for COVID-19, Northam Administration officials said in a press call Friday.
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Finding housing is an issue for many Virginians, but it’s also presenting an issue for the organizations trying to resettle some of the Afghans coming to the U.S. on special immigrant visas, Virginia refugee advocates say.
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7th District Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger met with business and community leaders in Goochland Tuesday. But with America’s pullout from Afghanistan leading the headlines, the former CIA officer took time to share her views on the situation.