Afghan evacuees in U.S. struggle to find affordable accommodations: CNN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 75,000 Afghans were brought to the United States during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. However, CNN has reported that some evacuees are still struggling to find their footing a year later.

As rents in the United States have skyrocketed, a growing number of Afghans cannot find affordable places to live, the report said.

"People who brought here with the understanding that they'd be able to have a home here and live a life ... and that's not happened," it reported, citing Joseph Azam, who chairs the board of the Afghan-American Foundation.

"Instead, they've been added to this juggernaut of trying to get affordable housing in the U.S., which is a big problem," Joseph said.