AfghanEvac

06/18/2026

We get a lot of questions about work authorization/employment authorization documents for refugees and asylees.

is here at this week, talking to experts and we’ll share those stories with you

06/17/2026

Immigration lawyers: is at . We hope to see you around. Come ask us about .

06/17/2026

What even is the NDAA and does this year have anything for Afghans?

Check this out to learn about it and visit afghanevac.org/2027-ndaa to learn more

06/17/2026

Our statement regarding the post-Markup Fiscal Year 2027 NDAA.

The house version had nothing meaningful for our allies. The senate version does, but one of the provisions needs to be amended.

Thank you to Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Mike Rounds for their work to inject language related to our wartime friends and allies.

06/16/2026

Three years ago, stood alongside Secretary Blinken and State Department leaders to renew an innovative partnership dedicated to helping Afghan allies reach safety and build new lives.

What started as a desperate effort to help friends and allies during the fall of Afghanistan grew into a coalition of hundreds of organizations and thousands of volunteers working together to solve problems, reunite families, and honor America's commitments.

The challenges have changed, but our mission has not.

We remain committed to standing with the Afghan allies who stood with us.

06/16/2026

Three months after former Afghan Special Forces soldier Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal died less than 24 hours after being taken into ICE custody, his family is still waiting for answers.

Join AfghanEvac President Shawn VanDiver , Mohammad Nazeer's brother Naseer Paktiawal, and Senator Richard Blumenthal for an update on the ongoing lack of transparency surrounding his death, the status of government investigations, and the impact on a family left searching for the truth.

Ninety days later, no cause of death has been released, and key questions remain unanswered.

06/16/2026

Please stop traveling back to Afghanistan.

06/15/2026

This week: Congress, the courts, Camp As Sayliyah, Brazil, and the continuing fight for Afghan allies.

Read now and subscribe to get these in your inbox. https://updates.afghanevac.org/p/afghanevac-weekly-update-june-15

06/15/2026

Meet the Tahiri family.

They are not a policy debate. They are not an abstraction. They are an Afghan family the United States made a promise to, and that promise is being broken right now by Presidential Proclamation 10998.

The New York Times just put a face on the travel ban.

Watch the video.

Share it with someone who has not been paying attention.

Then keep going.

The coalition is not shrinking.

We are not going anywhere.

Over the past year, policies restricting people from 39 countries — including Afghanistan — from entering or living in the U.S. have cast countless lives into limbo. For one family, the consequences have been devastating.

06/14/2026

Rabea from our team with an update on the Dorcas International decision.

More in tomorrow’s update. Signup now to get it in your inbox: updates.afghanevac.org