{"id":121136,"date":"2022-09-01T19:43:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/01\/us-ending-operation-allies-welcome-shift-to-new-afghan-refugee-help\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:50:49","slug":"us-ending-operation-allies-welcome-shift-to-new-afghan-refugee-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2022\/09\/01\/us-ending-operation-allies-welcome-shift-to-new-afghan-refugee-help\/","title":{"rendered":"US ending Operation Allies Welcome, shift to new Afghan refugee help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal officials next month will officially end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/02\/20\/last-afghan-refugees-leave-nj-base-after-chaotic-evacuation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Allies Welcome<\/a> \u2014 the program to help move <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2022\/08\/30\/the-desperate-pleas-from-afghanistan-in-our-inbox\/\" target=\"_blank\">at-risk allies<\/a> out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghanistan <\/a>\u2014 and replace it with other efforts to help evacuees from the country, White House officials confirmed Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move comes as outside advocates have criticized the administration for not doing enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2022\/08\/30\/a-year-later-vets-accept-that-they-cant-save-every-afghan-ally\/\" target=\"_blank\">rescue thousands of Afghan allies<\/a> still trapped overseas and threatened by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2022\/08\/30\/for-women-allies-left-behind-in-afghanistan-life-is-hell\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taliban forces controlling their country<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department of Homeland Security officials said that since U.S. military forces left Afghanistan one year ago, Operation Allies Welcome has helped resettle about 86,000 Afghan nationals within the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/commentary\/2022\/08\/30\/the-desperate-pleas-from-afghanistan-in-our-inbox\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-978205848.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The desperate pleas from Afghanistan in our inbox<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Last August, as the Taliban advanced on Kabul and the U.S. military began its hectic withdrawal from Afghanistan, emails began trickling into our inboxes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the replacement effort, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/09\/01\/politics\/afghan-resettlement\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN reported<\/a> will be called Operation Enduring Welcome, will focus on getting Afghans into programs with \u201clong-term durable status, such as the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa\u201d and other offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur commitment to our Afghan allies is enduring,\u201d she 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