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Evacuate & Support Afghan Families in urgent need

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I Mohammad Ismail, an Afghan citizen and veteran Interpreter of US coalition forces detention facility in Bagram. I provided language access to generals, colonels and interviewed Taliban prisoners. Due to this, I was granted a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) and I moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in December 2013. Unfortunately, my family in Afghanistan became a point of target by the Taliban after my resettlement in US and had to leave everything behind to flee to the US due to safety and accepted by United Nations refugee program and was resettled to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2016. My entire immediate family was serving with the US armed forces and government during the 20 year long US mission in Afghanistan. They are now under direct threat due to my and their service to the US government and Armed forces.

I currently have immediate family members in Afghanistan who fear for their life's and their children's life's every second and they are under self house arrest with limited resources due to the Taliban takeover. They association with US government and Armed forces was as interpreters, vendor, cook, security guard and local contractor. They have pending SIV and P2 visa application. They are at imminent danger and I tried my best to evacuate them during US evacuation mission and reached out to our congressional delegation, senator Martin Heinrich and Senator Ben Ray Lujan's office and provided them with the list of people to be evacuated and I also did numerous media outreach but I failed. They are left behind under Taliban regime and everything is stand still right now and no case updates or guidelines from the state department or senator's offices. I still hear the horror stories first hand and I fear of losing loved ones and their voices. Especially being from an ethnic minority community (Hazara Shia) of Afghanistan.

I will use $10000 of the donation/funds to evacuate 15 at risk Afghan families who are left behind by the US government and pay their application or visa fees to a different country for their safety. Than help them with the paperwork needed to bring them to USA through United Nations or US embassy. This fund will also support each family $250 monthly up to 24 months. $250*24 months= 6000-15 families * $6000= $90000. Please consider donating to my effort to help evacuate 15 at risk Afghan families and children and I will continue my service to evacuate more at risk families.




Brandon Baca is supporting me with the GoFundMe page and outreach to Peace Crops Volunteers
Chantal Muhumure founder and Debby board member of Umoja ABQ is considering to support my efforts with resources.
Dr. Sharmin Dharas is helping with outreach to congressional delegation and senators offices.

I will provide update to all the donors on the progress and evacuation and I am looking for more resources to support my efforts (GoFundMe) please contact me via email: [email redacted]


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Mohammad Ismail
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Albuquerque, NM

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