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Afghan Refugees in California

19 89, 19 91, plumber's assistant, rye coal engineering san francisco, california. Duties included moving into a small apartment in hayward across the street from another afghan family torn apart by the killings and cabel maintaining boilers in buildings in san francisco for 12 dollars an hour driving in 19 fifties. Filing citizenship paper work, visiting the golden gate bridge with mother and sisters, but not the bed ridden hajiatal. Searching for a wife in fremont, passing citizenship exam, failing to find a wife infremont,. quitting job as a plumber'sAssistant in order to fly back to pakistan to find a Wife

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