Global Alliance

Finishing the Mission. Setting the Standard. Never Again.

The Global Alliance is a joint project of AfghanEvac and Local Staff International that brings together civil society organizations across allied nations to ensure governments fulfill their commitments to Afghan wartime allies and to establish binding standards so future mission partners are never abandoned.

Formed in response to the unresolved consequences of the allied withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Global Alliance exists to state plainly what too many governments have avoided acknowledging: a mission is not finished because it has become politically inconvenient. A mission is finished only when commitments are fulfilled.

This is not a symbolic partnership. It is a working, cross-border project built to finish the mission and prevent future failures.

Why the Global Alliance Exists

Across allied nations, governments have declared the chapter of Afghanistan closed. The reality on the ground tells a different story.

Tens of thousands of Afghan wartime allies remain stranded in third countries, separated from their families, or trapped in legal and political limbo, despite having earned protection through their service and despite clear promises made by governments.

These failures are not isolated. They reflect a systemic breakdown in how locally employed staff and mission partners are treated once political urgency fades.

The Global Alliance exists because fragmented national responses leave people behind. Coordination, accountability, and sustained pressure save lives.

What the Global Alliance Is

The Global Alliance is a joint project of AfghanEvac and Local Staff International (LSI), designed to coordinate international civil society action in support of Afghan wartime allies and locally employed staff.

AfghanEvac and LSI jointly lead the Global Alliance, combining:

• AfghanEvac’s role as the primary U.S.-based coalition supporting Afghan wartime allies, with deep engagement across federal agencies, Congress, and more than 200 civil society organizations, and

• Local Staff International’s expertise advancing protections for locally employed staff across the United Kingdom, Europe, and other allied nations.

Together, they provide the backbone for a durable, cross-border framework that enables partners to align advocacy, close gaps between national systems, and press governments to complete the commitments they made.

The Global Alliance Principles

The work of the Global Alliance is grounded in a shared set of principles that define the minimum standard for credibility, responsibility, and moral authority in modern conflict.

These principles are not aspirational. They are the baseline for what finishing the mission requires.

1. Finish the Mission

Governments must complete resettlement for all Afghan allies who were deemed eligible, approved, or placed into government-created pathways.

This includes individuals stranded in third countries, cases paused or withdrawn without justification, and families separated by arbitrary deadlines or shifting rules.

If a government created a pathway, it carries the obligation to complete it. A mission is not complete because it has been declared over. It is complete only when commitments are honored.

2. Restore and Protect Legal Pathways

Governments must reopen, safeguard, and legally protect resettlement pathways for locally employed staff and their families.

This means no retroactive rule changes, no mass withdrawals of previously approved cases, no quiet policy shifts that undermine eligibility, and no coercive efforts to force individuals promised relocation to repatriate.

Legal pathways must be durable, transparent, and insulated from political convenience.

3. Guarantee Safe Status and Family Reunification

Every mission partner who is resettled must receive immediate lawful status, the right to work, a clear pathway to permanent residency or citizenship, and the ability to reunify with immediate family.

Temporary or precarious legal status is not protection. It is prolonged harm that undermines stability, integration, and dignity.

4. Establish Binding “Never Again” Standards

Governments must adopt binding standards, not voluntary lessons learned, to protect mission partners before, during, and after future military or diplomatic missions.

These standards must include advance planning for mission collapse or withdrawal, coordination across governments, protection of employment records, compensation protocols, and independent oversight.

If governments can plan a mission, they can and must plan the exit.

5. Create Permanent Accountability and Oversight

Governments must establish independent, enduring oversight mechanisms to track commitments made to mission partners.

This includes public reporting, cross-government coordination, clear lines of responsibility when failures occur, and consequences when commitments are abandoned.

Without accountability, “never again” becomes a slogan recycled after every failure rather than a standard enforced in practice.

What the Global Alliance Is Not

The Global Alliance is not a single nonprofit, a replacement for existing organizations, or a substitute for government responsibility.

It is not a fundraising vehicle, a branding exercise, or a way to declare unfinished work complete.

The Global Alliance exists to coordinate action, apply sustained pressure, and ensure commitments to mission partners are fulfilled in practice, not just in rhetoric.

Who Is Part of the Global Alliance

The Global Alliance is jointly led by AfghanEvac and Local Staff International and includes a growing group of partner organizations working across allied nations.

Partners include Afghan-led organizations, veteran and civil society groups, policy experts, and locally employed staff advocates based in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, the Czech Republic, Australia, and beyond.

Participating organizations retain their independence and leadership while committing to collaboration, shared standards, and collective accountability.

Additional partners will be announced as the Global Alliance expands its international reach.

How the Global Alliance Works

The Global Alliance operates through ongoing coordination among partners, cross-border information sharing, issue-specific working groups, and collective engagement with governments and international institutions.

The goal is not consensus for its own sake. The goal is progress, movement, and results for mission partners who are still waiting for governments to keep their promises.