Club Meeting - Guest Speaker Tom Villalon

Mr. Villalon is the co-founder of Rescue Afghan Women Now, a secretive group that rescues extremely high-risk Afghan women and children from Taliban execution. Mr. Villalon's team liaises with individuals from the US Special Forces, veteran, and intelligence communities, and they have coordinated operations that have successfully rescued more than 28 individuals to date (including individuals personally targeted by Taliban intelligence). His group is keeping alive 160+ high risk Afghan female soldiers, all of whom are on Taliban kill lists, and who are in deep hiding throughout the country. These women were members of Afghanistan’s army and police forces, including the Female Tactical Platoon (FTP), Afghanistan’s only all-female special operations force, which served alongside US special operations.