Afghanistan

Within a year of arriving in the United States and before their temporary status expires, Afghan evacuees have to apply for asylum to remain in the U.S. The Montana Afghan Project aims to help with this expensive process.

Montana’s Republican congressional delegation and governor are calling on the Biden administration to stop resettling Afghans in the state after an Afghan man was charged with rape in Missoula.

UM Geography instructor Kelly Franklin is trying to move up to 12 scholars and an education program she developed out of Afghanistan. The lives of scholars have been upended after the Taliban took control of the country and injected itself into the education system.

According to an international group helping refugees resettle in Montana, the month-old parole process grants qualified Afghans a two-year stay in the United States.

Montana is slated to welcome 75 Afghan refugees, and reactions from the state’s elected officials are varying about the news.

As the last United States’ military planes departed Afghanistan Monday, a group of Montana veterans met with Sen. Steve Daines to discuss the end of the nation’s longest war. They all encouraged Montanans to welcome Afghan ally refugees who now, or will soon, call Montana home.

At least three families fleeing from Afghanistan as the U.S. pulls troops out of the country are expected to land in western Montana.

A Montana veteran and his family received a new, mortgage-free smart home designed to accommodate injuries received in combat. On Wednesday, a fleet of…

U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a member of the defense subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, received a briefing from diplomatic and military…