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Several evacuees from Afghanistan are settling into life in Bloomington-Normal. They are former soldiers who fought the Taliban, serving in the Khost Protection Force, a special unit in the Afghan army stationed in an eastern province bordering Pakistan.
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Former soldiers in the army of Afghanistan are resettling in Bloomington after escaping the Taliban when the country fell. Three moved into apartments on Wednesday, and there is potential for more, according to the Afghan Welcome Home Project of Central Illinois, based in Decatur.
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Central Illinois congressman Darin LaHood says two top Biden administration officials should resign over the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Central Illinois congressman Rodney Davis believes Americans would support maintaining a footprint of a few thousand soldiers in Afghanistan indefinitely to help keep the peace.