The Mohammadi family, Najib holding Yusuf, Yasar, Susan and Zahra, sit together in their living room, at their home in Sacramento, California, U.S., August 1, 2022. Najib Mohammadi had high hopes for his life in the United States when he, his pregnant wife Susan and two small children left Afghanistan in July 2021. But for most of the past year, the family has lived in a cockroach-infested, one-bedroom apartment in Sacramento unable to find affordable housing in California's capital. The former interpreter for the U.S. military arrived under the Special Immigrant Visa program, just two weeks before tens of thousands of his fellow Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Zahra Mohammadi, 3, cries as she looks out the front door after her father, Najib Mohammadi, left to run errands, in Sacramento, California, U.S., June 7, 2022. Zahra's parents have discussed enrolling her in preschool, but her mother, Susan, is worried her English is not yet strong enough to communicate her needs to teachers. She has picked up some English from cartoons, and she has started responding with "OK!" and two thumbs up when her parents speak to her in Dari, one of the official languages of Afghanistan. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Susan Mohammadi has her blood pressure taken during an OBGYN appointment in Sacramento, California, U.S., December 28, 2021. The Mohammadi family left Afghanistan in July 2021, arriving in the United States just two weeks before tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Najib Mohammadi (C) talks with a classmate during a vocabulary lesson at the Highlands Adult Charter School where he attends classes in Sacramento, California, U.S., June 7, 2022. Najib enrolled in adult education classes to get his high school-equivalency diploma. His wife, Susan, once she learns English, wants to study medicine, which would not have been possible in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. "Education is like oxygen, like food. It's necessary for men and women," Najib said. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Susan Mohammadi looks over a Dari to English picture book to practice her English while she takes care of her two-month-old son, Yusuf Mohammadi, and daughter Zahra, 3, at their home in Sacramento, California, U.S., July 12, 2022. The Mohammadi family left Afghanistan in July 2021, arriving in the United States just two weeks before tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Susan Mohammadi holds the hand of her husband, Najib Mohammadi, as she breaths through a contraction at Mercy San Juan Medical Center, in Carmichael, California, U.S., May 12, 2022. As Susan's pregnancy progressed Najib, spent hours trying to navigate U.S. hospital bureaucracy, to ensure that his wife would have a female doctor when she gave birth, a religious and cultural non-negotiable for them. But after Susan's water broke on the day of her scheduled induction, they arrived at the hospital and learned her doctor was male. With Susan in labor, they drove 30 minutes to another hospital with a female doctor on duty. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Susan Mohammadi and her newborn son Yusuf Mohammadi rest at Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael, California, U.S., May 12, 2022. As Susan's pregnancy progressed, her husband, Najib, spent hours trying to navigate U.S. hospital bureaucracy, to ensure that his wife would have a female doctor when she gave birth, a religious and cultural non-negotiable for them. But after Susan's water broke on the day of her scheduled induction, they arrived at the hospital and learned her doctor was male. With Susan in labor, they drove 30 minutes to another hospital with a female doctor on duty. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Zahra Mohammadi, 3, colours in on the sofa while her father Najib Mohammadi prays in the kitchen, at home in Sacramento, California, U.S., May 3, 2022. Najib hopes to be able to afford therapy to deal with trauma from his army days. He remembers the cries of women and children when he would enter houses looking for insurgents and is relieved his kids will have different lives. "I was born in war, and lived war," he said. "The biggest blessing in life is security." REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Susan Mohammadi wipes her husband Najib Mohammadi's forehead as he rests on the sofa after having had an emergency appendectomy hours earlier in Sacramento, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. Najib's emergency appendectomy, has made the precariousness of his situation hit home even more. "After my surgery I thought, if I can't work what should I do about my future, about my kids' future?" he said. "I really extremely felt like I was homeless here... I don't have a stable situation."   REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Najib Mohammadi holds his son Yasar Mohammadi, 1, up in the air to play with leaves outside their apartment in Sacramento, California, U.S., November 13, 2021. Najib hopes to be able to afford therapy to deal with trauma from his army days. He remembers the cries of women and children when he would enter houses looking for insurgents and is relieved his kids will have different lives. "I was born in war, and lived war," he said. "The biggest blessing in life is security." REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Najib Mohammadi talks on the phone to a friend who is helping him register for classes at the local community college, while his daughter Zahra Mohammadi, 3, lies on the floor at their home in Sacramento, California, U.S., March 1, 2022. Najib enrolled in adult education classes to get his high school-equivalency diploma. His wife, Susan, once she learns English, wants to study medicine, which would not have been possible in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. "Education is like oxygen, like food. It's necessary for men and women," Najib said. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Yasar Mohammadi, 1, plays with his baby brother Yusuf Mohammadi in his cot at home in Sacramento, California, U.S., June 29, 2022. The Mohammadi family left Afghanistan in July 2021, arriving in the United States just two weeks before tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Susan Mohammadi holds her two-month-old son, Yusuf Mohammadi, while she plays with her older son, Yasar Mohammadi, 1, on her bed at home in Sacramento, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. The Mohammadi family left Afghanistan in July 2021, arriving in the United States just two weeks before tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Susan Mohammadi and her husband Najib Mohammadi laugh as they make dinner together at home in Sacramento, California, U.S., May 13, 2022. Najib Mohammadi had high hopes for his life in the United States when he, his pregnant wife Susan and two small children left Afghanistan in July 2021. But for most of the past year, the family has lived in a cockroach-infested, one-bedroom apartment in Sacramento unable to find affordable housing in California's capital. The former interpreter for the U.S. military arrived under the Special Immigrant Visa program, just two weeks before tens of thousands of his fellow Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Najib Mohammadi feeds his son, Yasar Mohammadi, 1, dinner after coming home from the hospital where his wife gave birth earlier that evening, at home in Sacramento, California, U.S., May 12, 2022. Najib Mohammadi had high hopes for his life in the United States when he, his pregnant wife Susan and two small children left Afghanistan in July 2021. But for most of the past year, the family has lived in a cockroach-infested, one-bedroom apartment in Sacramento unable to find affordable housing in California's capital. The former interpreter for the U.S. military arrived under the Special Immigrant Visa program, just two weeks before tens of thousands of his fellow Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Najib Mohammadi sits at the dining table while his son Yasar Mohammadi, 1, sleeps in a cot in the living room of their apartment in Sacramento, California, U.S., March 27, 2022. Najib hopes to be able to afford therapy to deal with trauma from his army days. He remembers the cries of women and children when he would enter houses looking for insurgents and is relieved his kids will have different lives. "I was born in war, and lived war," he said. "The biggest blessing in life is security." REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Zahra Mohammadi, 3, brushes her teeth in front of her mother, Susan Mohammadi, at their home in Sacramento, California, U.S., April 21, 2022. Zahra's parents have discussed enrolling her in preschool, but her mother, Susan, is worried her English is not yet strong enough to communicate her needs to teachers. She has picked up some English from cartoons, and she has started responding with "OK!" and two thumbs up when her parents speak to her in Dari, one of the official languages of Afghanistan. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Zahra Mohammadi, 3, plays with her teddy bear on some toy dinosaurs at a playground in Sacramento, California, U.S., April 13, 2022. Zahra's parents have discussed enrolling her in preschool, but her mother, Susan, is worried her English is not yet strong enough to communicate her needs to teachers. She has picked up some English from cartoons, and she has started responding with "OK!" and two thumbs up when her parents speak to her in Dari, one of the official languages of Afghanistan. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Susan Mohammadi holds her newborn son, Yusuf Mohammadi, while she tries to put groceries away and talk to her daughter Zahra Mohammadi, 3, in the kitchen of their home in Sacramento, California, U.S., June 7, 2022. The Mohammadi family left Afghanistan in July 2021, arriving in the United States just two weeks before tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Susan Mohammadi crouches in an elevator as she has a contraction at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, California, U.S., May 12, 2022. As Susan's pregnancy progressed, her husband, Najib, spent hours trying to navigate U.S. hospital bureaucracy, to ensure that his wife would have a female doctor when she gave birth, a religious and cultural non-negotiable for them. But after Susan's water broke on the day of her scheduled induction, they arrived at the hospital and learned her doctor was male. With Susan in labor, they drove 30 minutes to another hospital with a female doctor on duty. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A nurse gives two-month-old Yusuf Mohammadi oral medication while his mother Susan Mohammadi (L) distracts him, during a medical check-up in Sacramento, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. The Mohammadi family left Afghanistan in July 2021, arriving in the United States just two weeks before tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Najib Mohammadi points out family members in a photo taken on the day he and his wife Susan Mohammadi left Afghanistan for the United States, on his phone, at his home in Sacramento, California, U.S., August 1, 2022. The Mohammadi family left Afghanistan in July 2021, arriving in the United States just two weeks before tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Najib Mohammadi (R) helps Rahatullah Salarzai, a fellow refugee from Afghanistan, with English translation in order for Salarzai to get a copy of his newborn son's birth certificate at the County of Sacramento Health and Human Services building in Sacramento, California, U.S., July 12, 2022. Najib hopes to be able to afford therapy to deal with trauma from his army days. He remembers the cries of women and children when he would enter houses looking for insurgents and is relieved his kids will have different lives. "I was born in war, and lived war," he said. "The biggest blessing in life is security." REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Najib Mohammadi (R) helps Rahatullah Salarzai, a fellow refugee from Afghanistan, pick up groceries outside the Prime Time Nutrition store in Sacramento, California, U.S., July 12, 2022. Najib hopes to be able to afford therapy to deal with trauma from his army days. He remembers the cries of women and children when he would enter houses looking for insurgents and is relieved his kids will have different lives. "I was born in war, and lived war," he said. "The biggest blessing in life is security." REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Zahra Mohammadi, 3, climbs an inflatable slide at a Fourth of July celebration in Sacramento, California, U.S., July 4, 2022. The Mohammadi family left Afghanistan in July 2021, arriving in the United States just two weeks before tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small. SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Newborn Yusuf Mohammadi lies in an incubator while a nurse checks his vital signs at Mercy San Juan Medical Center, in Carmichael, California, U.S., May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Najib Mohammadi holds his newborn son, Yusuf Mohammadi, for the first time at Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael, California, U.S., May 12, 2022. As his wife Susan's pregnancy progressed Najib spent hours trying to navigate U.S. hospital bureaucracy, to ensure that she would have a female doctor when she gave birth, a religious and cultural non-negotiable for them. But after Susan's water broke on the day of her scheduled induction, they arrived at the hospital and learned her doctor was male. With Susan in labor, they drove 30 minutes to another hospital with a female doctor on duty. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Najib Mohammadi and his wife Susan Mohammadi talk at the dining table at their home in Sacramento, California, U.S., May 3, 2022. Najib Mohammadi had high hopes for his life in the United States when he, his pregnant wife Susan and two small children left Afghanistan in July 2021. But for most of the past year, the family has lived in a cockroach-infested, one-bedroom apartment in Sacramento unable to find affordable housing in California's capital. The former interpreter for the U.S. military arrived under the Special Immigrant Visa program, just two weeks before tens of thousands of his fellow Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Susan Mohammadi holds her daughter Zahra Mohammadi, 3, while she receives an injection during a doctor's visit in Sacramento, California, U.S., April 13, 2022. The Mohammadi family left Afghanistan in July 2021, arriving in the United States just two weeks before tens of thousands of his fellow Afghans were evacuated when Kabul fell to the Taliban. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small SEARCH "HOSEA-SMALL AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.