Sponsor Circle opens hearts and homes to Afghan refugees

When Mohammad Agha Mohammadi made Qabili palau, the national dish of Afghanistan, he called his mother. He wanted to make sure he had the right balance of cardamom and cumin.

“I speak to my parents every day. I text them also,” Mr. Mohammadi says.

For now, phone calls and texts will have to suffice. His parents and five siblings remain stuck in Kabul, and he doesn’t know when they will be reunited.

Mr. Mohammadi, age 20, is one of more than 80,000 Afghans airlifted to the United States after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last August. He is also one of nearly 360 Afghans being helped through the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghan refugees, a pioneering resettlement program that invites