On June 20th, 2024, International Stability Operations Association (ISOA) honored Friends of the American University of Afghanistan (FAUAF) Founder and Chair, Leslie M. Schweitzer, with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The ISOA Global Impact Awards Gala, which took place at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, gave out 14 awards to member companies in the following four categories: Vanguard, Support to Ukraine, Innovation, and Women, Peace, and Security. Oksana Markarova, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, was an Honorary Award recipient and a keynote speaker at the event.
Letter from AUAF President Dr. Ian Bickford
December 20, 2025
Dear Friends, I write to you with reflections on a year during which your extraordinary support has given a fresh new beginning to a university mission without parallel. Afghanistan remains