Elliot Ackerman outlines the strategic case for taking Afghan refugees after 2021 Taliban takeover in a New York Times article

February 1 Elliot Ackerman, Unreadest older colleague in Forward Defensepublished a piece in New York Times This discussed hundreds of remaining Afghan refugees, especially those who helped us with allied forces, are still struggling to find a new home abroad. In opinion, Ackerman claimed that the acceptance of the “stranded” Afghanists in the US would serve not only the moral imperative of the US, but also strategically.

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