Top US general in Afghanistan turns over command in symbolic end to America's longest war The U.S. embassy also resumed visa interviews for Afghans who helped the U.S.

Dewey Yopp, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer, was sent to Afghanistan in 2002 to train up a new Afghan army during the early days of the war in Afghanistan.

When he returned to Afghanistan, the civil war broke out in the early 1990s, bringing back harsh memories of his childhood. "I became detached from reality," said Arian, who now lives in the U.K.

While the government established an independent inquiry into the Afghanistan allegations in December 2022, it has taken years to get going and is limited in scope to the three years 2010-2013.