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Six Months of Grief: The Gold Star families of the 13 killed in the Kabul Airport attack
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Six Months of Grief: The Gold Star families of the 13 killed in the Kabul Airport attack

In their own words, the pain from making the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan

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Six months ago today, Americans were devastated when 13 service members were killed by an ISIS-K suicide bomber at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Four days later, the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan after a 20-year war.

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It may seem to the public that these events happened a long time ago. But it is a very present pain for the families and …

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