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8. Reckoning
This episode includes accounts of PTSD and suicide. The United States negotiates the Doha Agreement with the Taliban in 2020. This sets the stage for the Taliban to rapidly retake the country when the final U.S. forces leave in 2021.
Canadian veterans look on in shock and disbelief as Kabul falls. Thousands of Afghans make desperate attempts to flee the country. Veterans, journalists, and the Canadian government work to extract Afghan colleagues and allies certain to face violent reprisals.
Veterans come home to a Canadian public that has little interest in, or understanding of, Afghanistan…
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