Welcome to Episode 111 of The Afghanistan Project, where wecover all topics related to two decades of war in Afghanistan, and the fallout of our Afghanistan withdrawal.
Today, my guest is Army veteran Rebekah Edmondson, CEO of NXT Mission, a nonprofit which serves Afghan women who were part of the elite Female Tactical Platoon.
Rebekah talks about how the FTP came to exist, and what she witnessed of these incredible Afghan women during multiple deployments of her own to Afghanistan as a member of the Cultural Support Team.
Rebekah talks about her work to support members of the FTP following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as many members arrived in the U.S. on humanitarian parole. She also mentions the struggles of those who remain overseas as U.S.Refugee Admissions Program applicants.
Find NXT Mission here: https://www.nxtmission.org/
About the host:
Beth Bailey worked in support of Afghanistan operations as acivilian intelligence analyst for the Department of the Army between 2010 and 2013. She is a freelance contributor to Fox News Digital and the Washington Examiner.
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