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…
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…
2026 is packed with anniversary events that will ask Americans to reflect on some of the seminal moments that shaped our nation. We mark not only the 250th year since…
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…
Since its work began in 2009, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan (SIGAR) has blown the whistle on 1,327 instances of abuse, fraud, and waste and identified $26 billion in…
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 House Foreign Affairs Committee, with Chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) at the helm, continues its investigation of our chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan by conducting closed-door, transcribed interviews with Washington officials…
On August 15th, 2021, I walked into the Rayburn House Office Building for my first day of work – my first job after a decade in the US Army. Kabul,…
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,…