such as shinwari, zeller's former interpreter. he struggled initially, but he says he happy with his life in america. >> i like it, nice place, and the important thing we, we are secure, we don't have to be living in fear like we did in afghanistan, we have fun because we help people from afghanistan and iraq. >> reporter: today, they are delivering furniture to a newly arrived family in riverdale maryland. this is where ajmal lives along with a number of other afghan families. he says it's not a good place to live. >> reporter: so do you feel safe living here? >> no, we left afghanistan because we thought we were going to safe, and is a person comes to your apartment, and the drug dealers keep bothering you, is it safe? >> reporter: apartments have water leaks, roaches, mice, and mold, often in bedrooms that families share with their kids. ajmal and others say they weren't expecting luxury when the arrived, but they often left nicer homes in afghanistan. >> i have noticed about almost ten families they left back this country. >>

and lives in northern virginia near zeller. he spends his free time volunteering with no one left behind. today the team is picking up furniture donated by local churches to deliver to afghan families. >> some families arrived last week. they have nothing. they only came with a suitcase per person. >> they like this one. >> yes. >> we come on weekends and load the trucks and deliver to them. >> reporter: the u.s. government's policy is to treat these afghans like any refugees. providing 90 days of assistance contracting, housing and other services. for aid months they are eligible for food stamps and medicaid. >> there's one or two coaches, a couple of dishes. and they charge them money, we our organization no one left behind, we do not charge them money. >> he's been there for a year okay. >> reporter: zeller says the resettlement agencies are overburdened underfunded and most families receive few real services. >> i'm talking about a guy that sets out a trap to catch the mice that runs over his wife and kids. usually there's

let's bring in matt zeller from washington a fellow with the truman security project, who served with the army. he was a security analyst for the c.i.a. good to see you. is this record opium poppy growth the result of the afghan government and international community ignoring the problem because they've been more focused on terrorism? >> no, if anything, it's inevitable result of the policy and afghan government policy for the last seven years. for the first years of the war we practice an eradication strategy, meaning u.s. and afghan and coalition force, when they encounter the fields, they destroy them burning them down. that is pushing the farmers into the arms of the taliban. and so there was a concerted effort among the international community and the afghan government to switch the strategy. and as a result now, the bulk of forces when they are involved in counter-narcotics is going after the large-scale suppliers, distributors, people that move and process and refine heroin. it allows the farmers who are mostly poor and rural to be paid to grow the only crop that is a decent wa