Press Releases

Task Force Argo in the News

  • Task Force Argo partners with Task Force Sunflower to rescue 409 from Afghanistan

    — October 10, 2021

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  • Task Force Argo evacuates 147 Americans, Green Card Holders, SIVs, and their families from Afghanistan

    — October 8, 2021

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  • Task Force Argo successfully evacuates 550 from Afghanistan

    — September 24, 2021

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General Media Coverage

  • McCaul says "There was no plan" for U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

    — CBS News

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  • Thousands of Afghans likely stuck near Mazir-i-Sharif Airport, trying to flee

    — NPR

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  • Afghan families start U.S. resettlement process

    — CBS News

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  • Private group works to free Americans, locals loyal to U.S. from Afghanistan

    — Medill News Service

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  • ‘An Unprecedented Mobilization’

    — The Dispatch

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  • Hundreds Seeking Evacuation From Afghanistan Forced to Leave Safehouses

    — Wall Street Journal

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  • Secretary Blinken, don’t betray Afghan partners and the U.S. vets trying to rescue them | Trudy Rubin

    — The Philadelphia Inquirer

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  • ‘An Unprecedented Mobilization’

    — The Dispatch

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  • After the US military evacuations stopped, this group got an 80-year-old grandmother out of Afghanistan

    — Washington Examiner

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  • My Toxic Afghan Love Story

    — The New York Times

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  • Private group helping evacuate people from Afghanistan

    — We Are Iowa

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  • Iowa state senator helping coordinate the rescue of Americans and refugees from Afghanistan

    — We Are Iowa

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  • Senator Zack Nunn of Iowa discuss Afghan allies evacuation

    — Zheela Noori, international broadcaster - Multimedia at Voice of America, Afghanistan Service

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  • Private Groups Aiding Thousands in Afghanistan Worry About Dwindling Funds

    — Reuters

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  • West Haven Man Longs To Reunite With Mother Stuck In Afghanistan

    — Connecticut Public Radio

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  • The Afghans We Left Behind

    — The Dispatch

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  • U.S. veterans boost Iowan's effort to get his family out of Afghanistan

    — Des Moines Register

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  • EXCLUSIVE: AN AMERICAN CHILD PLUS WIVES AND FAMILIES OF US SOLDIERS ARE STUCK OUTSIDE KABUL GATES

    — Coffee or Die, a Black Rifle Coffee Publication

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  • ‘GROUP OF 100’ AMERICANS, GREEN CARD HOLDERS CONFINED BY TALIBAN, RELEASED AFTER TENSE NEGOTIATION

    — Coffee or Die, a Black Rifle Coffee Publication

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