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As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the country, entering Kabul on Sunday as former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and the United States evacuated its embassy.
Now, many US veterans are expressing frustration and disappointment with how quickly the Taliban has taken hold after nearly 20 years of war.
Army veteran Matt Zeller is pressuring the Biden administration to do more to ensure all Afghan translators who helped the US are evacuated from the country 05:02The images coming out of Afghanistan are quickly building a narrative, he said, that is going to shape veterans' views about the past 20 years. "That's going to color the way veterans and service members think about the end of their service, the result of their service," Porter said.
Afghan translator denied US visa despite serving with US Marines on front line 04:23It's about keeping promises made, Butler said, not just by the US government, but also by veterans who are now back home and who had echoed that promise to their Afghan colleagues and allies. "Many of our veterans were reiterating and explaining because of this belief in the system we put forth. ... It's very personal, because were making that promise to them," he said.
Bergen: Afghanistan an unforced error blowing up on Biden's watch 04:13'These are people we relied on'Kristen Rouse served three tours in Afghanistan, spending a combined 31 months there. But asked whether she felt the past 20 years had been worth it, Rouse, the president of the New York City Veterans Alliance, told CNN,"It's a really hard question to answer.
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