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ARCHIVE: Kabul, Afghanistan – 25 August 2021
1. Taliban fighters on an armored personnel carrier (APC) driving around Kabul
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Molino, Afghanistan War Commission:
“I think Afghanistan, like any war, is full of coming-of-age stories when you get down to the very individual level. And those are, as Bob said, those are gut-wrenching, those are very personal things.”
3. Various of panel presentation at VFW National Convention
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Ashley, Afghanistan War Commission:
“The reason we’re in Columbus today is to talk with those coming to this VFW convention, one is to educate them on the purpose of the commission, but it also allows them to have a voice and express their concerns, tell their stories about their experience in Afghanistan.”
5. Various of veterans, commissioners at panel presentation
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Colin Jackson, Co-Chair Afghanistan War Commission:
“We’re an independent legislative commission appointed by a series of different committees, House and Senate, to examine the 20 years of U.S. engagement from 9-11 through the withdrawal in August of ’21 in sort of all of its dimensions."
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ARCHIVE: New York – 11 September 2001
7. STILL firefighters walk through the rubble in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks (AP Photo by Shawn Baldwin ID: 010911112778)
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ARCHIVE: Rota, Spain – 31 August 2021
8. STILL evacuees from Afghanistan disembark from a U.S. Air Force plane (AP Photo by Marcos Moreno ID: 23265682289639)
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Shamila Chaudhary, Co-Chair Afghanistan War Commission:
“One thing that’s particularly important to us is to tell a human story of the war. We know that the media has covered the issues and conflicts of Afghanistan extensively, but oftentimes the stories of the individuals who served on the ground get lost.”
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ARCHIVE: Herat, Afghanistan – 28 January 2012
10. STILL of U.S. soldiers walk as a U.S. Chinook helicopter is seen in the background (AP Photo by Hoshang Hashimi ID: 24094514927772)
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11. Various of veterans speaking to panel
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Ashley, Afghanistan War Commission:
"This isn’t just us talking to Americans. We’re talking to allies, partners, we are talking to Afghans about their experience and try to understand how they saw the decisions and our actions over the course of the war.”
13. Tight of veteran’s hat
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ARCHIVE: Kabul – 10 May 2013
14. STILL of young Afghan girl playing with a broken shovel outside her makeshift house at a refugee camp (AP Photo by Anja Niedringhaus ID: 24093573004388)
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ARCHIVE: Islamabad, Pakistan – 21 July 2023
15. STILL of Afghan refugees at rally to demand their U.S. visa to be processed (AP Photo by Rahmat Gull ID: 23218460980139)
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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Shamila Chaudhary, Co-Chair Afghanistan War Commission:
“Our work is not just about what the U.S. did in Afghanistan, but what the US should be doing in any country where it deems it has a national security interest.”
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ARCHIVE: Tangi Valley, Afghanistan – 19 August 2009
17. STILL of U.S. soldier Paul Pickett covering wounded comrade James Gordon to protect him from rotor wash of landing medevac helicopter (AP Photo by David Goldman ID: 22154607115571)
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