U.S. officials are very well aware that local citizens who work with the U.S. military are endangering themselves and their families when the U.S. departs.
The people of Afghanistan are in a state of fear of the Taliban who now control Afghanistan’s capital, major cities, and countryside—after the U.S. and NATO twenty-year occupation. Here are some of my personal observances during sixteen years in the U.S. diplomatic corps and experiencing the opening and closing of U.S. embassies in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan and the effects on the civilian populations of the countries involved. Continue reading →
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Opening and closing US embassies—from Sierra Leone to Afghanistan
U.S. officials are very well aware that local citizens who work with the U.S. military are endangering themselves and their families when the U.S. departs.
Posted on August 19, 2021 by Ann Wright
The people of Afghanistan are in a state of fear of the Taliban who now control Afghanistan’s capital, major cities, and countryside—after the U.S. and NATO twenty-year occupation. Here are some of my personal observances during sixteen years in the U.S. diplomatic corps and experiencing the opening and closing of U.S. embassies in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan and the effects on the civilian populations of the countries involved. Continue reading →