“Nearly three years ago, Americans watched in horror as the Taliban took over Afghanistan.
Tens of thousands of Afghans who had served alongside the United States during the war were evacuated to safety. Thousands more were left behind in Afghanistan under the Taliban’s repressive return to power.
The news cycle in the United States moved on. The fall of Kabul became a moment in U.S. foreign policy history, one that bubbles to the surface during the occasional Congressional hearing.
But, for many, the trauma of August 2021 is an ever-present, ongoing reality—one that hardens with another passing anniversary.”
Click the button below to read the full op-ed by USCRI President and CEO Eskinder Negash, published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.