Durani smiled with pride as he showed a red, white and blue sign made of tinsel hanging on the front door of his South Milwaukee apartment. The shiny letters spelled out: “Land of the free.”
Durani, an Afghan immigrant who served alongside the United States military as a high-ranking member of the Afghan air force, now lives alone in Milwaukee, as his wife and four young children have been unable to join him.
Durani, left, a former member of the Afghan air force, worked with U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan before his country fell to Taliban rule. Durani was deputy commander of the Kabul Air Base, which he helped defend against Taliban attacks. The base was surrendered to the Taliban in 2021.
An Afghan national flag hangs in Durani’s Milwaukee apartment. The Afghan immigrant served alongside the United States military as a high-ranking member of the Afghan air force.
Durani, an Afghan immigrant who served alongside the United States military as a high-ranking member of the Afghan Air Force, tends to surplus bedding in a bedroom of his Milwaukee. Durani wishes his wife and four young children could join him in Wisconsin, but they are stuck in Pakistan. He worries they could be deported back to Taliban rule.
Durani, an Afghan immigrant who served alongside the United States military as a high-ranking member of the Afghan air force, now lives alone in Milwaukee, as his wife and four young children have been unable to join him.
An Afghan national flag hangs in Durani’s Milwaukee apartment. The Afghan immigrant served alongside the United States military as a high-ranking member of the Afghan air force.
Durani, left, a former member of the Afghan air force, worked with U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan before his country fell to Taliban rule. Durani was deputy commander of the Kabul Air Base, which he helped defend against Taliban attacks. The base was surrendered to the Taliban in 2021.
Durani, an Afghan immigrant who served alongside the United States military as a high-ranking member of the Afghan Air Force, tends to surplus bedding in a bedroom of his Milwaukee. Durani wishes his wife and four young children could join him in Wisconsin, but they are stuck in Pakistan. He worries they could be deported back to Taliban rule.
