Wartime Allies

26/07/2022

SURVEY ENDS SATURDAY! We want to hear from you! Help us learn how the ongoing Afghan Resettlement efforts continue to impact VETERANS. Take this quick survey TODAY: 👉 https://bit.ly/3Iy6bq2 Wartime Allies Veterans for American Ideals

29/10/2021

15/08/2021

Sakhi, an Afghan wartime ally, served for 5 years & shares what life is like inside Taliban held Mazar-I-Sharif and his grim prospects for the future on a special edition of the .

https://anchor.fm/wartimeallies/episodes/Behind-Enemy-Lines---Sakhi-e15ueki

Sakhi, an Afghan wartime ally who served for 5 years, shares what life is like inside Taliban held Mazar-I-Sharif and his grim prospects for the future.

29/07/2021

Special Episode - Attacked By The Taliban

Jan, an Afghan interpreter served with US special forces for 8 years. Now he is left behind. The Taliban attacked him a few days ago. He fought them off and barely escaped with his life. Now, even his own neighbors are telling him they hope the Taliban kill him when they take over.

26/07/2021

Kim Staffieri is correct, if our & allies were troops, President Joe Biden would spare no expense, would leave no stone unmoved, to save their lives. Listen to the full interview here:

https://anchor.fm/wartimeallies/episodes/An-Inflection-Point-e14t2hr

YouTube:
https://youtu.be/zcekJgQiA2U

Facebook:
https://fb.watch/6Wqnw6hLDZ/

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5e67B5hNCp72RNRzwNEpkC?si=8dWpY4xOTimnZ41AQPddYw&dl_branch=1

Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wartime-allies/id1568717448?i=1000529806271

23/07/2021

Episode 10 - An Inflection Point

Chris Purdy, an Iraq war veteran & Director of Veterans for American Ideals and Kim Staffieri, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Association of Wartime Allies, join Matt to give an overview of the mission & effort to save our Afghan wartime allies via the largest airlift since the Berlin airlift in 1948. They share the latest updates pertaining to Operation Allies Refuge and give the story of how advocates convinced the administration that only an evacuation would save these people.

16/07/2021

This week’s episode of the Wartime Allies podcast is now live. You can listen to / watch it here:
https://anchor.fm/wartimeallies/episodes/Pinned-Down-e14i4kc

YouTube:
https://youtu.be/7ihufXB2RF0

Facebook:
https://fb.watch/v/2S7Y_GEWZ/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7F729PyvSGJniqE2gkxpyl?si=ZFbV07kXTDa1aKsOXDrmXg&dl_branch=1

Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wartime-allies/id1568717448?i=1000529099789

‎Show Wartime Allies, Ep Pinned Down - Jul 16, 2021

16/07/2021

Episode 9 - Pinned Down

Wardak, an Afghan wartime ally, joins the podcast live from an undisclosed location in Afghanistan - the barn in which he’s hiding with livestock. He shares how the Taliban is 5 min away from him at every moment - always hunting him. He’s desperate to try and escape, but he’s pinned down with no where to run. Kristen Babicki from the Association of Wartime Allies also joins to share the latest in the advocacy to save our Afghan allies. Matt and Janis discuss the Operation Allies Refuge and the failure of the Biden administration to thus far save our wartime allies.

15/07/2021

Shareef served for 7 years with the most elite US military special operations units. Now he has been left behind to die.

Listen to the full interview here: https://anchor.fm/wartimeallies/episodes/No-Way-Out-e14fhqs

15/07/2021

Shareef is trapped in . The have surrounded the city. There are no flights out. His only option to escape - disguise himself as a woman & hire a taxi for the harrowing journey to Kabul. This is what our are doing to stay alive.

Listen to the full interview here: https://anchor.fm/wartimeallies/episodes/No-Way-Out-e14fhqs

14/07/2021

All our wartime allies want to live and find safety in America.

13/07/2021

President Joe Biden hear Wardak’s plea. This man served 7 years shoulder to shoulder with our forces. The have vowed to kill him. Please save our wartime allies.

13/07/2021

11/07/2021

Episode 8 - The Fight to Save a Life

Hemi, an Afghan wartime ally who served as an interpreter for US forces for 10 years, and Adam Malaty-Uhr, an US Army veteran and Afghan war veteran who served with Hemi, share their incredible story of the fight to get Hemi his visa and save his life. Janis and Matt discuss the disaster of a press conference by President Biden and the effort to convince the administration to evacuate our allies to Guam.

08/07/2021

We attempted to interview an wartime ally named “Wardak” yesterday. Before the interview he let us know he’s in hiding as the Taliban had already thrown a gr***de into his home and killed members of his family. During the interview the line went dead. We haven’t heard from him since.

07/07/2021

Mohammad, an wartime ally, pleads with Joe Biden to save his & his children’s lives by executing the immediately.

06/07/2021

Our wartime allies are fleeing for their lives. They are in hiding or on the run, moving locations frequently. Either Joe Biden orders the & we save them or we abandon them to Taliban death squads.

05/07/2021

An wartime ally pleads for his life & gives an update on the ongoing & in Helmand Province.

03/07/2021

Episode 7 - Trump’s Immigration Ban

Munther, an wartime ally, shares his story of service and survival. He had been issued a Special Immigration Visa and was on the plane to America when Trump signed the Muslim ban, immediately causing him and his family to be deported back to Iraq. Munther’s incredible journey begins with a childhood marred by war and finds him serving as an interpreter for US forces in Iraq. Most incredibly, he tells of his daring escape to safety in America (despite all the obstacles the Trump administration through at him) and offers his experiences of his first few months in America.

30/06/2021

We must act soon to save our Afghan interpreters

30/06/2021

A “Never Again” moment is in the making in Afghanistan. Matt Zeller explains the moral obligation America has to evacuate its wartime allies before it’s too late.

30/06/2021

Our wartime allies often have to sell their homes & businesses just to cover the application fees for their US visas. Egregiously, even after making them spend their life savings, the US government will still deny them the life saving visas.

29/06/2021

“Sharif” pleads with President Biden to save the lives of all of our wartime allies and begin their immediate evacuation to .

29/06/2021

The Taliban are already killing the families of our wartime allies. We must begin the immediately.

25/06/2021

“Shareef,” an Afghan interpreter, served with US military special forces (to include SEAL Team 6) for 7 years. During that time, the Taliban murdered his mom and brother in an attempt to get him to quit working with Americans. Last week, the Taliban gunned down his father in front of his home. Now he is on the run, in hiding, and fleeing for his life.

25/06/2021

Episode 6 - The Cost of American Friendship

“Shareef,” an Afghan interpreter, served with US military special forces (to include SEAL Team 6) for 7 years. During that time, the Taliban murdered his mom and brother in an attempt to get him to quit working with Americans. Last week, the Taliban gunned down his father in front of his home. Now he is on the run, in hiding, and fleeing for his life.

24/06/2021

This week’s podcast was the most powerful yet. We interviewed “Shareef” - an interpreter who served with the US Navy Seals and US Army Green Berets. For that service, he’s lost nearly everything and remains left behind. Here is a sneak preview.

22/06/2021

Janis Shinwari describes how our wartime allies provided years of honorable service only to see themselves fired for ridiculous reasons - such as failing to mention a cousin had recently died during a counterintelligence (CI) screening. The Taliban doesn’t care if they got fired - they will still kill them.

19/06/2021

Did General Milley writing an award for “Sayed” who served 11 years with the U.S. Army matter? Nope. U.S. Department of State denied his visa earlier this year. If someone who has an award written by the Chairman of the The Joint Staff of can’t even get a visa, what hope do the other 18000 applicants have at this point? The program is broken. President Joe Biden give the order.

19/06/2021

“Sayed” an wartime ally who served with the US Army for 11 years describes how he is out of options - either the US evacuates him or the will kill him. In his estimation he may only have weeks to live.