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Cousins adjust to OPS middle school but miss their parents in Afghanistan

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Cousins Mohammad Idrees, 14, and Mohammad Wali, 12, walk home from the bus stop after their day at Davis Middle School near 132nd and State Streets. The cousins and their uncle fled Afghanistan and live in Omaha, but the boys' parents are still in Afghanistan indefinitely. 

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See how many evacuees have arrived in Nebraska since Afghanistan fell — and how many are still on their way.

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Cousins Mohammad Idrees, 14, and Mohammad Wali, 12, walk home from the bus stop after their day at Davis Middle School near 132nd and State Streets. The cousins and their uncle fled Afghanistan and live in Omaha, but the boys' parents are still in Afghanistan indefinitely. 

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