SIMON: But hope is there that they can be reunited with their family in a matter of weeks, not years. And so we're trying to be creative in terms of pairing the foster care parents with members of the community who can give them more of that culturally sensitive upbringing and care. Some of the children are in the care of our licensed foster care families, but we also know that many of those families are not Afghan American. And then beyond that, we're trying to figure out the support networks for them, even here in the U.S. We do try to facilitate connections with family back home. SIMON: Do they have contact with their families in Afghanistan? Or is that just risky? But, you know, candidly, the classes, they're not robust. There is also some ad hoc educational instruction that's set up focused especially on teaching English as a second language, cultural orientation. The government has also provided spaces for games. Federal officials who are running military bases have set up recreational activities for the Afghan kids so they can check out books. VIGNARAJAH: So many of them are on the military bases. SIMON: How are they cared for? How are they living? There's certainly anxiety and fear because even though they are children, they still know the potential risks for family that they've left behind. There's obviously hope and excitement about a new future in a new country. VIGNARAJAH: They're incredible in the sense that the resilience - you can see it on their faces. What's it like to meet these children? What do some of them say? SIMON: You have met many of these children and have assisted Afghan families. KRISH O'MARA VIGNARAJAH: Thanks for having me. Krish O'Mara Vignarajah is president and CEO of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and joins us now from Baltimore. The challenge of reuniting these children with family, the terror of finding them new American foster homes now lies with several nonprofit groups who work with the U.S. The majority of these children traveled with families. They are among the refugees who fled Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover.

The Pentagon report says that, as of early October, approximately over 40% of the more than 50,000 Afghan refugees processed at U.S.

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