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Afghan Fighters Seek Treatment Then Return to Battle
Afghan refugees Mohammad Kasim and Dr Farooq Mirrani arrived for medical care in Edmonds and plan to return to Afghanistan to fight Soviets. They stay with Freedom International director David Montgomery who coordinates with the Intergovernmental Committee for Migration. Mirrani, once jailed and tortured in Afghanistan, hopes to regain health and aid refugees and fighters in Pakistan. Kasim fought near his village in 1985, wounded by a Soviet shell, then sent to Pakistan where he joined the rebel effort. Freedom International seeks more donations and host housing as it expands its Afghan refugee program.
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James Bush Edmonds
Afghanistan
Mohammad Kasim
Farooq Mirrani
North
Edmonds
David
Clarisse Montgomery
Montgomery
Freedom International
Mirrani
Kunar
Communist Party
Yousuf
Sherin
Pakistan
Mohammed Kasim
Kasim
North Edmonds
James Bush