Media Release

By Matthew Marcellus, Director of Communications, No One Left Behind The Zaki family celebrate their six-month anniversary of arriving to the United States, Oct. 12, 2025, along with sponsors. Photo provided by Jane Patton. ARLINGTON, Va. – When Arifa Zaki's work supporting American evacuation efforts made her family a Taliban target, the Virginia-based nonprofit No One Left Behind stepped in to provide what the U.S. government no longer could: a flight to safety. On April 9

My name is Zohra Neda. I was born and raised in Kabul and Balkh, Afghanistan. I completed both my schooling and university education in Afghanistan, graduating with a degree from the Faculty of Computer Science. Over the years, I have had the privilege of working with various international organizations. Between 2017 and 2018, I collaborated with Chemonics International on the Women in Government project in Kabul, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID

No One Left Behind is grateful the President is honoring America’s promise to our Afghan allies by including an exemption for Special...

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** UPDATE: AS OF SEPT 10, 2025, NO ONE LEFT BEHIND HAS SECURED 2,673 FLIGHTS. The nation’s oldest nonprofit dedicated to supporting...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARLINGTON, Va., (Oct. 13, 2023) – No One Left Behind and Allied Airlift 21 , two non-profit organizations...