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After their harrowing escape last year, six Afghan families are facing new challenges in their new home here in New Bedford.

The Afghan refugee families who have arrived in New Bedford are acclimating but still experience a culture shock, said IAC President Helena DaSilva-Hughes.

New Bedford will likely be placing a number of Afghan refugee families in the city as evacuees start coming to Massachusetts, Mayor Jon Mitchell said.

Massachusetts expects to welcome about 900 evacuees from Afghanistan, and although specifics are unknown, efforts are already underway to prepare for their arrival and resettlement.

A New Bedford soldier called home from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. His parents are relieved but scared about what might happen.

As Americans, we have an obligation to those who came before us to do our best and that requires participation, not leaving it to others to bear the burden.

UMass Dartmouth Professor Brian Glyn Williams said people he met in Afghanistan are calling and e-mailing him asking for help in finding a way out.

Keep all of our heroes in uniform and their families in your prayers. We could be in for a bumpy ride.

Thirty-two people from Massachusetts died in the war effort, including six from the SouthCoast. Their families are left to wonder exactly why they had to die.

Massachusetts families have given 32 sons to the war, including six from Southeastern Mass. The Afghan people must learn to provide for their own security.