Aid Worker Illuminates Afghans' Plight; Many Problems Await Refugees Returning Home From Iran

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While the rest of the world is caught up in other crises, the people of Afghanistan hope they have not been forgotten, according to a Minnesota woman who worked there.

Mary Kalil, 47, of St. Louis Park, Minn., spoke to several groups of women and a college class Monday and Tuesday at the request of her friend, Kathleen Weber, of Dubuque. Kalil, a social worker, was asked by the Geneva-based International Catholic Migration Commission to head a refugee program in Afghanistan from August through December. She had previously worked with refugees in Minnesota and in Kosovo.

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Aid Worker Illuminates Afghans' Plight; Many Problems Await Refugees Returning Home From Iran

Kalil was based in Herat near the Iran border. She and her staff of 35 Afghans worked with refugees returning from Iran...

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