Last week, in solidarity with the brave Afghan women fighting for survival in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, I shared a photograph to my social media accounts of half my face, obscured by my hand, marked with the hashtag #standwithwomeninafghanistan.
This week, Operation North Star ran out of donor funding to provide safe houses, security, and goods to some of the 2,000 allies and at-risk Afghans who have entrusted the operation with their lives, resulting in more than 100 families being turned out into the desolation of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Though funds speedily procured by nonprofit organization Flanders Fields will allow both groups to meet their most urgent needs for the next 30 days, many Afghans who fought for democracy face a precarious future.