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August 27, 2021

Nevada boy, 14, plays Taps with US flag at half-staff to honor fallen service members in Afghanistan

A Carson City, Nevada, boy pulled on heartstrings when he honored the 13 service members who died in Afghanistan on Thursday by playing Taps before a U.S. flag at half-staff outside his family's home.

August 27, 2021

Gold Star father sends message to Biden: You are culpable, stop blaming others

Craig Gross, a Gold Star father, said that President Biden alone is to blame for the lives lost in the Kabul bombings.

August 26, 2021

Pentagon revises Kabul death-toll data, includes fallen Army soldiers

The U.S. Defense Department late Thursday revised its descriptions of the service members who were killed in Thursday’s Kabul airport attacks.

August 26, 2021

As Kabul fell, Afghanistan veterans began reaching out to the VA crisis line

As news and images spread of the fall of Kabul, many Afghanistan veterans are being left with a range of emotions.

August 24, 2021

Gold Star families weigh ‘heartbreaking,’ ‘devastating’ consequences of Afghanistan crisis

Images of the crisis unfolding in Afghanistan hit home for family members who have lost loved ones in the global war on terror.

August 21, 2021

Sudden Afghanistan deployment amid Taliban takeover forces change in Michigan wedding plans

The best man chair at a Michigan wedding will be empty next weekend in a stark sign of how the hasty U.S. military deployment to Afghanistan is having real-life impacts on families across the nation. 

August 20, 2021

Green Beret Greg Stube: Afghanistan took my warrior brothers' lives, almost took mine. What can Biden say?

I can see the faces of warrior brothers and their families I fought alongside in Afghanistan. They’ve been marked for death. I feel physically sick.

August 19, 2021

Alabama vet who nearly died in Afghanistan calls Biden withdrawal strategy 'disgusting'

Alabama Army combat veteran Colin Wayne Erwin, who nearly died in Afghanistan, criticized President Joe Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan as "disgusting" to watch and a "disheartening" end to the 20 years of sacrifices made by members of the military and others.

August 19, 2021

Jack Carr: US hubris in Afghanistan – here's the price we paid for not learning lessons of history

How did this happen? Simply put, our elected officials and senior level military leaders were trapped by their own intellectual inertia, condemning us to eventual defeat.

August 17, 2021

Romesha and Owens: One question haunts Afghanistan vets most – what was it all for?

One thing we can be sure of in our long Afghanistan engagement is the value of the contribution made by our troops. The sacrifices made by countless Americans who served were not made in vain.