According to reports, 1,450 Afghan children were separated from their parents among the refugees who followed the U.S. military's evacuation from Afghanistan. Some of them are currently being fostered in relatives' homes in the United States, and the other are still in detention centers, and their growing up environment is worrying.

The U.S. military will begin to withdraw from Afghanistan on May 1, 2021. A week before the retreat, the Kabul International Airport, the last US military stronghold, fell into chaos, resulting in the death of a large number of refugees waiting to be evacuated, and many families separated as a result. 1,450 Afghan children came to the United States in the form of asylum in the chaos. Today, these children still cannot adapt to the lonely life in a foreign country.

Since entering the United States in September 2021, the 17-year-old Afghan boy Ramin has been looking for his family. His last impression in Kabul was that he was holding his 18-month-old brother at the international airport. The family that Ramin wanted to see most was his 16-year-old second brother Aimar who had separated at the airport. Soon, they met at the asylum in Virginia, and the brothers cried with their heads in arms, saying over and over that they wanted to return to Afghanistan to find their family.

Not long after, Ramin's distant uncle living in the United States found him and brought news from his family-the good news is that his parents did not die in the chaos. The bad news is that unless Ramin returns to Afghanistan, they will probably no longer have the opportunity to meet. "We saw each other through the video call, we couldn't say anything, we just cried silently." Aimar said, after talking with his parents, Ramin could not sleep at night and washed away with tears. The 8-year-old Mina is in a more difficult situation. When she asked where her parents are, her aunt Ferishta did not know how to answer. Mina was a survivor of the terrorist attack at Kabul Airport. Her mother was killed in the explosion, and her father is still missing. “Mina cried and fell asleep every night. We don’t know how to comfort her. She needs her parents more than ever.” Ferista said. Mina had to work hard to adapt to her new life. She needed more help and Care.

"We know where the children are and where their parents are. But helping them to reunite is very difficult," said Jennifer, a staff member of a child welfare agency. Jennifer said that these children who have been separated from their parents have the right to ask for a more precise answer, such as when they can reunite with their parents, where their parents are, and what their future will be like. However, with the exception of US Secretary of State Anthony Brinken who met with some Afghan refugee children separated from their parents in September, the US government did not propose any effective solution to this problem.Editor/XuNing