Biden Signs Executive Order on Afghanistan Central Bank Assets
A White House press statement released on February 11, 2022 revealed that President Biden signed an executive order to use U.S.-based assets belonging to Afghanistan’ […]
Month: February 2022
Afghan Special Mission Wing (SMW) Pilot Details Flight to Safety
Story by Mikaley Kline. “The Taliban is everywhere. Please don’t come home since it is too dangerous for you,” these were the words Abdul* heard […]
Afghanistan News – Thursday, Feb 10, 2022
Topics: Evacuations – no good news, DoD: DoS messed up NEO, OBL’s son visits Taliban, AAF pilots return to Afghanistan, Afghan Adjustment Act, and no […]
Afghan Evacuee Camp at Fort Pickett Closed
A temporary camp that was established at Fort Pickett, Virginia to house Afghan evacuees has closed. The location was one of eight camps on military […]
National Guard Helps Get Soldier’s Family Out of Afghanistan
Story by Barbara Wilson (originally published 23 Sep 2021). In Stafford, Virginia, more than 7,000 miles from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, […]
Afghanistan News – Monday, Feb 7, 2022
Topics: News about Afghanistan, evacuation, immigration, resettlement, Special Immigrant Visa process, humanitarian crisis, crossing into Iran, DoS failures, voluntary departure off U.S. bases, Sponsor Circles, […]
Investigation on Abbey Gate Bombing HKIA August 2021
In the last days of the Kabul non-combatant evacuation operation in August 2021 thousands of Afghans were crowding the entry gates of the Hamid Karzai […]
CRS Report: USCIS
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has published a report about the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This federal organization is a component of the […]
CRS Report on Global Refugee Resettlement
The Congressional Research Service has published a ‘fact sheet’ entitled Global Refugee Resettlement: Selected Issues and Questions. This two-page PDF dated January 27, 2022 briefly […]
Air Force Medical Student Called to Work as Translator for Afghan Evacuees
Story by Ian Neligh. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) medical school student Air Force 2nd Lt. Kristen Bishop was doing clinical rotations […]