Special operations and conflict news about Afghanistan.
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Afghan SIV Program Needs Congressional Action
The Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program requires regular reauthorization and additional visas from Congress. There will soon be a SIV application backlog that exceeds the number of remaining visas which, at current processing rates, will be exhausted by the […]