Dr. Doug Chin, who has helped provide medical assistance to people in Afghanistan via video calls, and helped Afghan families with their day-to-day living expenses, stands for a portrait at his practice in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
FILE - Taliban fighters patrol Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, the day the Taliban celebrated Afghanistan's Independence Day by declaring they beat the United States. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
Mariah Smith, an Air Force veteran and board member of No One Left Behind, stands for a portrait at her farm in Stevens City, Va., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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Dr. Doug Chin, who has helped provide medical assistance to people in Afghanistan via video calls, and helped Afghan families with their day-to-day living expenses, stands for a portrait at his practice in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Thomas Kasza, a former Green Beret with over 13 years of service in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and now the executive director and founder of the 1208 Foundation, stands for a portrait with some of his military memorabilia in Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Kate Kovarovic co-hosts a podcast called "Shoulder to Shoulder: Untold Stories From A Forgotten War", an outlet for people affected by the global war on terror to tell their stories, at her home in Olney, Md., Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)
Thomas Kasza, a former Green Beret with over 13 years of service in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and now the executive director and founder of the 1208 Foundation, stands for a portrait on the beach in Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
FILE - U.S military aircraft takes off at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon, File)
Faraidoon "Fred" Abdullah, who has been able to relocate a few family members out of Afghanistan, stands for a portrait in New York, on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Kate Kovarovic co-hosts a podcast called "Shoulder to Shoulder: Untold Stories From A Forgotten War", an outlet for people affected by the global war on terror to tell their stories, at her home in Olney, Md., Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)
FILE - A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, as the capital was captured by Taliban forces. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
Lt. Col. Scott Mann, a former Army Green Beret from Tampa, Fla., speaks during a workshop about how to organize and tell the stories of veterans for their family members, at the Cyrus Hotel in downtown Topeka, Kan., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Mariah Smith, an Air Force veteran and board member of No One Left Behind, sits for a portrait on in front of her home in Stevens City, Va., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Faraidoon "Fred" Abdullah, who has been able to relocate a few family members out of Afghanistan, stands for a portrait in New York, on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Monty Mann, left; Scott Mann, center, and Holly Higgins, right, confer before a workshop aimed at helping family members tell the stories of veterans who have died in action or by suicide, at the Cyrus Hotel in downtown Topeka, Kan., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Scott is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and Green Beret; his wife, Monty, is co-founder of their storytelling group, and they are from Tampa, Fla. Higgins, from the Madison, Wis., area, is the lead story coach for the introductory workshop and the mother of a son killed in action in 2010. (AP Photo/John Hanna)