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Letters to the Editor: Afghan war was not for nothing and Biden is right to withdraw, says Cork army veteran

Afghans did not stand and fight for the freedoms they enjoyed for 20 years

Letters to the Editor: Afghan war was not for nothing and Biden is right to withdraw, says Cork army veteran — Taliban fighters patrol in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul. A veteran soldier, from Carrigaline, Co Cork, says troops achieved their goal in Afghanistan and he agrees with under-fire US President Joe Biden's withdrawal policy. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File

Fri, 20 Aug, 2021 - 07:28

I am a veteran of the Afghan war and served in Helmand Provence in 2012 on Herrick 17.

Our primary goal back then was to destroy al-Qaida and capture Osama Bin Ladin. We achieved that goal.

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