Passport of Life for a family of 8

Hi, I'm Emily a Service member and volunteer with Task Force Argo and Task Force Pineapple and have been assisting one of my former linguist partners, Matiullah since the fall of Kabul in August. We have been working to rescue his family from Afghanistan. His family tried to make it through the gates four times. Then on August 29 they received a message to get on the bus as they were finally manifested on a flight to Doha. We thought we overcame all challenges at that moment, but the plane was not allowed to board and leave. Then in early September DoS halted all flights coordinated by US charters preventing his family from leaving.

Through intense negotiations with the Department of State and the UAE their flight was given clearance to land in the UAE and once again they were manifested, and made it to the airport and waiting area. Once again, external factors prevented them from leaving that day. Earlier that day, two planes ahead of theirs took off late resulting in their flight being cancelled.

The following day a new order was issued by the Taliban and Doha which allowed individuals that had passports to leave. Unfortunately, they didn’t have passports. The passport office closed before they were able to receive their passports. As a result of not having passports, his family was removed from the manifest.

Since then, Matiullah, myself, and multiple former military personnel who worked with Matiullah have been working with multiple organizations. These organizations have tried to renegotiate the deal and at some points were able to get a small amount of refugees without passports onto their flights, but Matiullahs family has not made it into the queue. With the passport office opening up it presents a new opportunity for his family to go. This donation is for the costs associated with providing his family with the proper documentation to leave Afghanistan in the hope to join Matiuallah in the United States.

Matiullah has his Green Card and works as an am/pm cashier. He is doubling up on shifts to assist in funding his family while supporting his own child and wife in the US. His family has an active P-1 Visa in progress since August 24 with a known referral number by the OSD Pentagon. Unfortunately Task Force Argo cannot support the paperwork for each individual family and neither can Task Force Pineapple as they are tapped out for flights and thousands of refugees. Your donations will help us move his family (which includes 5 children) to another country so they can reach safety.

Matiullah has served with NATO forces from 2014 to 2019. Please help us help save his family! Thank you.