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Inquirer opinion columnist Trudy Rubin discusses the perils facing Afghans who helped the U.S. military and the dangers confronting Afghan women after U.S. troops leave the country this summer — and a look at how Americans can help them. Rubin will be joined by Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, and James Miervaldis, board chairman of No One Left Behind, along with several Afghan women university students

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Here’s how you can help Afghan translators and women:

  1. AGFAF (Afghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund) helps Afghan girls study in the USA, and builds school libraries in Afghanistan. www.agfaf.org

  2. Bamyan Foundation gives scholarships to Afghan girls’ schools. www.bamyanfoundation.org

  3. HIAS Pennsylvania helps successful Afghan SIV visa applicants who make it to the Philly area and beyond. www.hiaspa.org

  4. IRAP (International Refugee Assistance Project) provides legal assistance to SIV applicants stuck in bureaucratic maze. www.refugeerights.org

  5. No One Left Behind, Nationwide nonprofit that works to help SIV candidates get their visas and to accelerate the SIV process. https://nooneleft.org/

  6. WAW (Women for Afghan Women) Largest women’s organization inside Afghanistan, working for women’s rights. https://womenforafghanwomen.org/afghanistan/

Please contact your local Congressman and Senators and urge that the United States keep its promise to Afghan Translators before it is too late.