An Afghan saved my life. America is abandoning his teammates

In October 2013, I commanded Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, on a route-clearance mission in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. The route ran 60 miles. It took nearly 10 days because the Taliban had seeded the road with hundreds of victim-operated bombs and laid ambushes along its length. We found and destroyed nearly 50 of…