Iftar dinner held for recently resettled Afghans now calling the Capital Region home

By: Conall Smith

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — In the eight months since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, more than 18,000 Afghans have re-settled in New York State. With 1,200 now calling the Capital Region home, including Nabila, who worked as a journalist before fleeing to the United States. 

Nabila says her brother and some of her family are still in Afghanistan trying to get out, “when I speak with my brother sometimes, I cry because the situation in Afghanistan is very, very bad. It’s difficult for Afghan people; especially for women. You cannot go to school, university, just stay in the home, but also for men” 

On Friday night, Immigrant ARC, a collaboration that provides legal services to immigrants, hosted an Iftar dinner for those celebrating Ramadan. Iftar is the breaking of fast during Ramadan after sun down and is done as a community says Camilie Mackler of Immigrant ARC.

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