Moral Injury and Afghanistan

The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in August 2022 would be the source of moral injury to numerous U.S. veterans who served tours in Afghanistan during the 20-year long U.S. involvement in the Afghan conflict. It was also a source of moral injury to the many 'volunteer' workers of the Afghan Evac community who assisted Afghans seeking safety at the Hamid Karzai International Airport during the Kabul non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) and the many months since then..

News Articles about Moral Injury

September 12, 2022, "What It's Like to Get Texts Every Day From Afghans Fleeing Taliban Persecution", by Kate Kovarovic, The Bulwark. The crisis in Afghanistan never ended - not for the allies we left behind and not for the volunteers helping them get out.

September 10, 2022, "On shame and honor: Moral injury one year out from the fall of Kabul", by Joan Barker, LinkedIn.

August 30, 2022, "Veterans battle 'moral injury' a year after US troops left Afghanistan", by Jordan Williams, The Hill Defense.

August 15, 2022, "A Terrible Year", by Will Selber, The Bulwark.

July 13, 2022, "Moral injury and moral recovery: Military leadership's role in healing the wounds of the Afghanistan withdrawal", by Joan Barker, Stars and Stripes.

References about Moral Injury

Moral Injury, PTSD: National Center for PTSD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/cooccurring/moral_injury.asp