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Wounds new and old threaten a fresh start for Afghan veterans in US
For many Afghan evacuees, the stresses of refugee life continue to exacerbate the traumas of combat two years after their arrival.
North Carolina Marine base remembers Beirut attack 39 years later
For many residents of Camp Lejeune and Jacksonville, North Carolina, the bombing that took place in Beirut on Oct. 23, 1983, touched them personally.
Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby
The little girl, now 3 ½ years old, is at the center of a high-stakes tangle of at least four court cases.
Kabul airlift, Abbey Gate bombing the subject of new HBO documentary
The film is a 78-minute chronicle of sheer chaos spread across 18 desperate days in August 2021.
By Jon Simkins
Family of Marine killed in Kabul revives Alec Baldwin defamation suit
Alec Baldwin shared a photo of Roice McCollum at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with his 2.4 million Instagram followers, the lawsuit alleges.
By David Porter, The Associated Press
Austin encourages discussions of costs, sacrifices of Afghanistan war
In a letter to the force, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin thanked veterans and the Gold Star families of more than 2,400 troops killed in Afghanistan.
A year later, vets accept that they can’t save every Afghan ally
“We can’t just singlehandedly change public opinion, or political will, or spotlight on the issue, but we can do our best.”
Biden commemorates ‘heroes’ killed 1 year ago in Kabul airport attack
Thirteen U.S. troops and more than 100 Afghan civilians died on Aug. 26, 2021.
A center of excellence for preventing civilian harm is coming
A joint office devoted to preventing civilian deaths will stand up over the next three years.
A year after Afghanistan’s fall, a Marine veteran reflects on collapse
Marine Raider veteran Elliot Ackerman talks loyalty, collapse and Stu Scheller.
By Hope Hodge Seck