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Afghan sisters benefit from caring classmates, teachers
Published September 24th, 2007 - 1:00AM
On a frosty February morning, a Franklin Pierce School District bus is filled with kids bound for Elmhurst Elementary School. As the miles bounce by, the child chatter increases in volume. But two girls are unusually quiet.
5-year-old Afghan refugee Beshta Aslami finds deliverance from severe burns in her new country
Published September 24th, 2007 - 1:00AM
Her first name means “heavenly” in the Farsi language of her parents’ home country, Afghanistan.
The American dream, now within reach
Published September 23rd, 2007 - 5:41AM
Yunus Peshtaz greeted his two nieces in Farsi and offered them tender kisses on the head. He high-fived their father and announced: “Family number five. We made it successfully.”
An Afghan family Hesham and Homa Masoun
Published September 23rd, 2007 - 1:00AM
Relatives of Nahid and Yunus Peshtaz fled war and Taliban rule in Afghanistan. The seven families spanned the globe in search of security before immigrating to Puyallup.
Too sweet for words
Published September 21st, 2007 - 9:44AM
In an instant, under the harsh glare of lights at the Sea-Tac Airport baggage claim, all the years of yearning are washed away.
Closer to Home - Part 1: War enlists Afghan immigrant as spokesman for his homeland's repressed people
Published September 21st, 2007 - 10:10AM
What are the houses like in Afghanistan? What are turbans made of? Do people treat you differently when you tell them you're from there?
Closer to Home - Part 2: New year, new hope for Afghan family
Published September 21st, 2007 - 10:05AM
It is New Year's Eve in Yunus Peshtaz's Puyallup home, but already a new day has dawned in Kabul. In Afghanistan, the country he fled more than 20 years ago, it is not 2002, but 1380. The people of Afghanistan, who use an ancient Persian calendar, won't celebrate their new year until March 21.
Closer to Home - Part 3: A young woman reconnects with her Afghan heritage
Published September 21st, 2007 - 9:54AM
Polly Peshtaz has always known who she is, and where she comes from. But since Sept. 11, the 22-year-old has been inspired to dig deeper to touch herAfghan roots.
Closer to Home - Part 4: Afghan family copes by trying to teach
Published September 21st, 2007 - 9:47AM
For Yunus Peshtaz and his family, coming to America from Afghanistan more than two decades ago was an act of faith.
Afghan family returns 'home'
Published September 21st, 2007 - 10:13AM
In 1974, students at Puyallup High School knew Yunus Peshtaz as a popular foreign exchange student. A member of cross country, track and swim teams, he lived with teachers Lorraine and Gregg Friberg during his year in America.
Afghan-born Americans support U.S.
Published September 21st, 2007 - 10:15AM
Yunus Peshtaz wants you to know he's not your enemy. Neither, he believes, are the people he left behind in Afghanistan more than 20 years ago to come to Puyallup.



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