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“I was a true believer. I genuinely thought what I was doing would help secure democracy in Afghanistan.”

I entered the State Department on September 10, 2001, with a vague sense of patriotism. …

“This war, and the chaotic withdrawal, has created a mental health crisis.”

Afghanistan’s rapid fall to Taliban forces will inevitably prompt policy debates over the method and timeline of the American military withdrawal. …

“I bore witness to the untold sacrifices of amazing men and women, and now I struggle with whether any of it mattered”

Today, I won’t opine about whom to blame — plenty have. Nor will I discuss the consequences of our withdrawal for the Afghan people — plenty should. No, as the twentieth anniversary of America’s longest…