Some unaccompanied Afghan children in the US suffer panic attacks, depression

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5 min read . Updated: 21 Oct 2022, 01:40 AM IST Jessica Donati, The Wall Street Journal

Mahsa is one of the more than 1,550 Afghan children who came to the US without either parent, after being separated from them in the chaos at Kabul airport during evacuation flights more than a year ago (Photo: iStock) — Mahsa is one of the more than 1,550 Afghan children who came to the US without either parent, after being separated from them in the chaos at Kabul airport during evacuation flights more than a year ago (Photo: iStock)

Biden administration pressured to keep promises to try to reunite families separated at Kabul airport

WASHINGTON : Mahsa Zahrabi, an Afghan teenager who was evacuated to the U.S. on her own after being separated from her family at Kabul airport last year, was sleeping on the floor in her aunt’s unfinished basement in Virginia when a healthcare worker visited the home.