Refugees who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover say they are grateful for the help they have received. But they are also frustrated, not knowing when the U.S. will deliver on promises to protect those who worked for the U.S. government. nyti.ms/3J8M9C6
Thousands have stayed in squalid camps. Others have been threatened by security forces as they transit neighboring countries. Even those who have made it to the United States worry about how they will afford housing and food. nyti.ms/32g4WKZ
When the Taliban took over, Arian Ali had already been waiting years for a visa. Lawyers managed to get Ali and his family to a U.S. military base outside Doha, but now he is waiting for word on when they can leave. nyti.ms/32g4WKZ 
For Hamid Wahidy and his family, arriving in the U.S. was a blur of bureaucratic shuffling: opening a bank account, applying for a job, enrolling his kids in school. A month's rent and a security deposit cost $3,400 of the $5,000 the family received from a resettlement agency.
Mursal Nazar felt lucky: she was evacuated to a camp a day before a suicide bomber killed many people at the same Kabul airport gate she'd been at. But the camp was so unprepared that even the Pentagon reported "terrible sanitation conditions" there. nyti.ms/32g4WKZ
Read more about the plight of Afghans who fled the Taliban but now find themselves in a frustrating limbo as they try to navigate a system that was unprepared for their arrival. nyti.ms/32g4WKZ
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