Afghan "Zero Unit" veterans currently in the United States are facing an uncertain future as the two-year work permits they received after the collapse of Afghanistan's government in 2021 near expiration. Many critics have argued that because the Zero Unit fighters had allegedly engaged in war crimes and other abuses of international law during the course of their service, they are hardly deserving of life in the U.S. Volume XLVI staff editor Danny Yoo argues that most of the accusations against Zero Unit fighters are dubious at best, and at worst overlook the fighters' unwavering service to the United States as they battled al-Qaeda and Taliban forces for the better part of the last twenty years.
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