Tag: Afghanistan
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The aftermath of U.S. attack on Iran may hold the most peril | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the U.S. once again makes the most serious decision a country can make — going to war — let’s pray our leaders have fully considered the day after. Now that the U.S. has come to Israel’s aid in its attack on Iran, sending our…
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‘I left my soul behind:’ Afghan generals now based in Denver reflect 20 months after leaving home
As he stepped into a Royal Air Force C-17 transport plane on August 19, 2021, while chaos swallowed Kabul, Lt. Gen. Sami Sadat had a thought: What if he stayed behind and took his men into Kabul to kill as many Taliban fighters as they could? The decision would likely have meant death for him and…
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Marine’s wife gives birth to baby three weeks after his death in Afghanistan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Levy Rylee Rose McCollum is just four days old but she’s carrying the weight of her father’s legacy on her tiny shoulders. Levy is the newborn daughter of Rylee McCollum, 20, who was one of…
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Mother, two daughters expected to return to Colorado Sunday after being stranded in Afghanistan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After spending countless hours filling out paperwork and endless phone calls with the U.S. Department of State throughout the week, Denver resident and retired Army Col. Patrick Allen received some good news Saturday morning. Allen learned a Sheridan mother, Asma, and her two daughters —…
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Saplings of freedom planted in Afghanistan may be hard to completely uproot | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The United States, it appears this week, spent 20 years, a trillion dollars and the lives of over 2,300 of its soldiers, including 38 Coloradans, in a lost cause. With extraordinary swiftness, the Taliban have retaken Afghanistan in the last month now that the U.S.…
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Friend of Colorado family stuck in Afghanistan: ‘It could be your next door neighbors’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CHERRY CREEK, Colo. (KKTV) – One Colorado woman is doing everything she can to bring her family friends home. Gabrielle Saso tells 11 News her family friends went to Afghanistan earlier this month for a wedding and they are worried they won’t be able to…
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Former Pence aide faults Stephen Miller’s ‘racist hysteria’ for US refusal to accept Afghan refugees under Trump
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former aide to former Vice President Mike Pence said the last administration deliberately obstructed visa processing for U.S. allies in Afghanistan due to the “racist hysteria” of Stephen Miller, a key adviser to former President Donald…
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Dozens gather at State Capitol to stand in solidarity with Afghanistan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Since Aug. 15, Samiwa Azizi’s sleep schedule has been far from normal. There have been many sleepless nights as he thinks about the Taliban taking control of her home country of Afghanistan. But also she is awake because her family there is only allowed to…
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It’s “how we left that angers me.” Colorado Springs veteran speaks out on Afghanistan withdrawal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As retired Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro sits in his home thousands of miles away from the chaos in Afghanistan, he remembers clearly what the mission was when he was deployed there back in…
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Southern Colorado Gold Star wife reacts to chaos in Afghanistan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The military community in Colorado Springs continues to react to unfolding events in Afghanistan. Deanna Sartor was married to Sgt. Maj. Ryan Sartor, a Fort Carson Green Beret. He died on his second deployment to…