They’ve gone dark: Afghans who helped the U.S. military, trained as American-style journalists and rode the wave of women heading to higher education are destroying the diplomas, transcripts and résumés that prove how they built civil society in the country that the U.S. has left behind.
#ImmigrationNation: Ahmed Salim
OAKLAND, Calif. — In this installment of Immigration Nation, student Ahmed Salim talks about being born in Vienna, living in Amsterdam, and finding his father in Oakland.
“The worst thing in life is not to be settled in one place,” says Salim, a student at Oakland International High School. “It’s horrible.”
