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

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.

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 …