By now, many of us have seen the images of a panicked mass of people chasing down the C-17 cargo plane as it leaves the airstrip in Kabul, Afghanistan. The people are seeking refuge from the Taliban threat that took back the besieged country just weeks after U.S. military forces withdrew from the region.
After a 20-year war that left the country battered, scarred and divided, thousands of Afghan refugees are expected to be flown into the country and to be met with help, water, food, shelter and safety.
It is not yet clear how many refugees are expected to be resettled in the Seattle-Tacoma area, but Lutheran Immigration
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