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Refugee resettlement agencies are preparing for hundreds of evacuees from Afghanistan coming to western Massachusetts.

For the past two weeks, thousands of Afghans have arrived in the U.S. Many have passed through a huge makeshift processing center in Virginia. NPR reporters got an exclusive look inside the facility.

VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Jane Lindholm, executive producer of special projects and co-producer of VPR’s 9/11 Remembrance Project, about acknowledging the tremendous impact of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the country, our communities and each of us as individuals.

Here's what it's like at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where many of the tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated from Kabul over the past few weeks are awaiting travel to the United States.

When he was 16 years old, Wazir left Afghanistan and found a new home in Vermont. He attended college here and runs a business in the southern part of the state. He's now working to help his family leave Afghanistan, and fears for their safety with the U.S. leaving the country.

Among the questions: What happens to the Americans still in Afghanistan? And: What does the exit mean for Biden's approach to the world?

"I was not going to extend this forever war," President Biden said from the White House, "and I was not extending a forever exit."

The final evacuation flight brought to a close the longest war in U.S. history. The withdrawal leaves the future of Afghanistan in disarray and uncertainty under renewed Taliban rule.

ISIS-K had claimed responsibility for the attack at the Kabul airport. President Biden vowed, "We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay."

Last week, an Army veteran from Vermont realized his interpreter in Afghanistan was in trouble. Since then, he’s been scrambling to get him out of the country.