As US ‘abandons’ Afghans, military veterans feel anger, confusion

Many US veterans are struggling with doubts about what they were fighting for in Afghanistan, why their friends died, whether it was all useless.

Washington, DC, United States – In three tours in Afghanistan, Marine Corps Lt Colonel Natalie Trogus worked with thousands of Afghan women to help build a future for their war-torn country. “We saw a lot of recent advancements in women’s rights,” a frustrated Trogus said in an interview. “Now, we’ve abandoned them,” said Trogus whose efforts to warn her superiors at the Pentagon what would happen when the United States pulled out of Afghanistan were frustrated.