A process to resettle Afghans displaced by the upheaval when U.S. forces left their country will see the first group arrive in Manhattan in coming weeks.
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Manhattan-Ogden Schools USD 383 Assistant Superintendent Eric Reid addressing the county’s intergovernmental group earlier this week, as a local organizing group has been working in preparation ahead of refugees moving to the area.
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Reid said the early number he had been given was that the first group would total 50 in number and be coming the region within two weeks.