The Forgotten People Fighting the Forever War

Posted on AllSides January 23rd, 2021
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OPINION

Major michael hutchinson, a Green Beret with the 3rd Special Forces Group, was in charge of the secret operation to help Afghan commandos recapture Kunduz. It was his fifth combat deployment, counting three tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq, yet he had never experienced such intense fighting.

The mission had been scrambled together after Kunduz had come under attack four days earlier. The Afghan army and police, plagued by corruption and poor leadership, had abandoned their posts and left the city to the Taliban with barely a fight. It...

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https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/01/america-forever-war-afghanistan/617776/

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