You know what they say: If you want the job of saving millions of innocent lives done right, you’ve got to do it yourself. Sam sat down with Nura A. Sediqe and Arash Azizzada to understand where the U.S. government has failed and how local organizing efforts have stepped in to save Afghan lives.

This piece was produced by Razan Ghalayini with Ishan Thakore and edited by Andrew Mendelson.

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