TMBS E255: The PenFed Foundation

Mark speaks with Mahnaz Akbari, a former Commander of Afghanistan’s Female Tactical Platoon and the program manager, Rebekah Edmondson of the PenFed Foundation, the Afghan Rescue and Resettlement Program.

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Mark speaks with Mahnaz Akbari, a former Commander of Afghanistan’s Female Tactical Platoon and the program manager, Rebekah Edmondson of the PenFed Foundation, the Afghan Rescue and Resettlement Program.

About ~ REBEKAH EDMONDSON 

Rebekah is the Program Manager at The PenFed Foundation Afghan Rescue and Resettlement Program, where she helps resettle Afghan women who worked alongside the U.S. military in Afghanistan.  

 Rebekah is a U.S. Army veteran who served four deployments in Afghanistan between 2011 and 2016. 

About ~ MAHNAZ AKBARI 

Mahnaz was the Commander of Afghanistan’s Female Tactical Platoon or FTP, an elite group of women war fighters who served alongside American military women (known as the Cultural Support Team) gathering intelligence and hunting down the Taliban.  

LEARN WHAT’S BEING DONE TO HELP AFGHAN WOMEN HEROES ONE YEAR AFTER THE TALIBAN’S RESURGENCE IN AFGHANISTAN 

How to Support the Rescue and Resettlement of Women Afghan Soldiers Who Assisted United States Service Members 

For more information please visit: www.penfedfoundation.org