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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. …

No one wanted the war to continue, but it didn’t have to end like this.

With word of Kabul’s imminent collapse and the rapid capitulation of the Afghan security forces, Americans are justifiably enraged, saddened, and demoralized. Reports from the country are that Taliban fighters have brought back their reign of terror and have…