Afghanistan War veterans, still waiting for a peace deal, ask: Was the sacrifice worth it?
nearly a decade ago. But something the village elders would whisper haunts him to this day. “They’d look at us and say, ‘You may have the watches, but we have the time,’” says James, 32, a onetime Army infantryman. After 18 years of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, that waiting game continues, leaving some questioning whether the conflict — and the personal risks they took for their countrymen — were worth it. President Donald Trump, who has complained about wasted "blood and treasure” in Afghanistan and has vowed to pull all U.S. troops, ...
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