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Capital Times | Sam Rogers: U.S. should honor May 1 deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan
In my first year in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army, 42 men from my unit were killed. Over 300 were wounded, including shrapnel injuries, gunshots and amputations. Dozens of suicides followed our deployment, continuing now a decade later. The total number of suicide attempts caused by that tour, including my own, may never be known.
Now, after almost 20 years in Afghanistan, America finally has a glimmer of hope for ending its longest war. Thanks to the Doha withdrawal agreement, negotiated last February, more than a year has passed without a U.S. military casualty in Afghanistan — the first such period since the war began in 2001. That could change come May if the president fails to uphold the terms of this agreement and withdraw U.S. troops. |
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