After serving in her country’s most elite female special operations unit, Afghan Farida Mohammadi wants to continue serving the country that gave her refuge when Afghanistan’s government collapsed five years…
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, members of CIA Team Alpha, the original eight-man team to arrive in Afghanistan following the world-changing terror attacks, and several Green Berets who arrived…
As the five-year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan approaches, a number of organizations around the country are still working to support our Afghan allies, whether they are stranded…
Dating back to 2006, Congress has created one permanent and two temporary Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) programs to afford legal permanent resident status to Afghan and Iraqi nationals who served…
From the first days of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, through the final weeks of our chaotic withdrawal, Afghan forces have enabled the success of U.S. special operations forces (SOF) and…
The complex wars playing out from Eastern Europe to the Arabian Peninsula have cast a spotlight on how partnerships between major military powers and local groups can be a powerful…
For decades, our Afghan allies stood beside us on the battlefield. They fought with us. They bled with us. And in some instances, they died protecting us. Along with veterans…
Zero Units were trained by and fought beside US Special Operations and Intelligence Communities for 20 years. Now they’re stuck in the red-tape of an overwhelmed immigration system as they…
We left countless Afghan Allies behind during our chaotic withdrawal 18 months ago. Those who remain continue to be targeted by the Taliban and terrorist groups like ISIS-K and al-Qaida,…
Not only did we leave countless Afghan Allies, who fought by our sides and saved our lives, in Afghanistan to be hunted by the Taliban, but those we did safely…