ALPA in Exile is the revival of ALSPA initially founded in 2019 in Afghanistan. ALPA began as a small group of enthusiastic academics dedicated to encourage collaborations among Afghan law and political science faculty across universities and research institutions. Today, ALPA has expanded its mission to bring together Afghan and international scholars of Afghanistan studies from across all humanity and social science disciplines, encouraging research, publications, and scholarly collaborations. With an estimated 70 percent of Afghan university faculty now living in exile, ALPA has played a vital role in reconnecting these scholars and rebuilding an intellectual community across borders.

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Since its revival in Virginia, ALPA has continued its mission, organizing annual conferences in 2024 and 2025. In addition, ALPA has contributed to Afghanistan studies through the Reimagining Afghanistan Forum, hosting various events and launching a research center, Research Excellence Lab, and a journal, ALPA Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. ​The Publication Division of ALPA regularly features stories and messages of women living in Afghanistan. 

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In 2022, ALPA founded its ALPA College of Liberal Arts & Sciences providing Afghan women access to education denied by the Taliban. Thousands of students have benefited from classes taught in English Farsi, and Pashto. The College has welcomed students from Grade 10, 11, and 12, to college students and university graduates in its various programs and departments. The College has eight departments including Department of Law, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Department of Human Rights and Sociology, Department of Language Learning, Scholarship and Arts, Department of Applied Learning and Vocational Training, Department of Personal Development and Mental Health, and Department of Advocacy and Civic Engagement.